Stories

• Rudolphio Written by Valentin Rasputin, and translated from the Russian. He is a modern Siberian author who is quite well known for other works and for his adamant love of the environment. Rudolphio is quite distinct from his other work, which tend to be grounded more strongly in place. However, I feel like in this story he captures a very Russian way of thinking. This story is often excluded from anthologies. As far as I know, my translation is the only one.
• Siberian Fairy Tale This is my interpretation of a Russian fairy tale. I wrote this soon after leaving Siberia, where I lived for 5 months in college. I was influenced by the literature that I was reading at the time, as well as the understated cruelty that sometimes seems central to life in Russia.
• Prologue Many of you have asked to read my novel. I have given some of you copies of it. None of you have read it. Shame on you. It is still undergoing a number of changes, although they are getting closer to the nitpicky level than the massive-overhaul level. If you want to read the end, email me and I will send you the last few chapters, which I am not going to post here. Please send me comments! Any useful criticism will be gratefully accepted.
• Chapter 1 In which we are introduced to Cole and her existential angst.
• Chapter 2 Existential angst continues, along with some soggy sheep.
• Chapter 3 In which Cole wanders around Siena, and gets lost. Again.
• Chapter 4 Cole returns to the bar, and unwillingly finds herself having an adventure.
• Chapter 5 In which Cole fails to be the life of the party.
• Chapter 6 In which Ilaria finds a fountain, and Cole philosophises
• Chapter 7 Cole seeks escapism as a solution to her problems, but finds that they are chasing her
• Chapter 8 Cole begins working as a barista, and starts her essay about the fountains
• Chapter 9 Cole seeks out a fountain, and reflects on the mystery of water
• Chapter 10 We are introduced to some of the sad mysteries of the past
• Chapter 11

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