Yes, here it is again. This little uppercut of a story has, I notice, appeared on several of these Personal Anthologies, but I could not omit. It’s, what, 500 words or so? A paragraph? Two minutes to read and a lifetime to get over. Kelman’s mastery of the short form is truly astonishing.
First published in Not Not While the Giro, Polygon, 1983
A Personal Anthology 