![]() ![]() All the while, thoughout the train ride, we glimpse specific moments and physical details: a sweaty brow, a memory of Ikea, a dream, the conductor brandishing a photo of his child, a bottle of wine, a newspaper. A moment later, in the same conversation, we learn of the narrator’s friend’s philosophy of “the big alone” which allows us a short cut into the friend’s world view: in the end, we have no one, nothing. That, and, “Our marriage is on borrowed time,” the narrator tells her friend. ![]() Nothing extraordinary, except at one point we learn of the narrator’s recent pregnancy resulting in a still born birth. Afterward, they drink, they converse, they ride the train together. The one friend, a professor, invites the narrator to give a lecture at the college where he teaches. The story starts in a rather mundane way: two friends reunite after a three year absence. Check it out here: “ Hill of Hell” by Laura van den Berg published in 2019. A haunting and delicately written story about family, secrets, and how quickly life passes. ![]()
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