Chapters tagged human furniture

by Levantin

Chapter 57

Saturday afternoon washed over the penthouse in deceptively warm autumn light, yet a suffocating silence hung throughout the sprawling rooms. My father had left for a weekend conference in Frankfurt, and his wife was out for the day catching up with friends. The apartment belonge...

by Levantin

Chapter 122

I remained lying there for a single heartbeat, tasting the bitter leather on my tongue, and then pushed myself slowly forward on hands and knees, following the two women into the dim light of the room. The heavy door to the hallway remained half open behind me. In the living roo...