{"id":2019,"date":"2015-12-29T11:28:47","date_gmt":"2015-12-29T16:28:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bourdaghs.com\/blog\/?p=2019"},"modified":"2015-12-29T11:31:53","modified_gmt":"2015-12-29T16:31:53","slug":"new-fiction-when-a-derelict-angel-speaks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bourdaghs.com\/blog\/?p=2019","title":{"rendered":"New fiction: “When a Derelict Angel Speaks”"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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    My short story “When a Derelict Angel Speaks” has just appeared in Valparaiso Fiction Review<\/a><\/em>, Vol. 5, No. 1. Enjoy!<\/p>\n

  • When a Derelict Angel Speaks<\/strong><\/li>\n

    Michael Bourdaghs<\/p>\n

    It takes a second for Steve?s head to clear. He squints at the alarm clock on Cheryl?s side of the bed; 2:17 a.m., its glowing red digits proclaim. The chirping noise that woke him, he realizes, is the bedroom telephone, but Steve hesitates. Should he answer? Once upon a time, late-night phone calls promised excitement. Back then, a telephone ringing after midnight might have meant friends insisting he join them for a nightcap, or an old girlfriend feeling lonely. But now Steve has turned forty, gotten married, become a father. He?s acquired a mortgage and a cocker spaniel, and as a result the realm of possibilities fornocturnal calls has dwindled. The phone ringing now is either a wrong number or a death in the family.<\/p>\n

    Then again, it might be Kurt. In fact, probably it?s Kurt: a ghost floating outside the gravitational field of ordinary clock time. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

    (Continue reading here<\/a>)<\/p>\n