My story, “No Time” is published in
The Opiate Magazine, Vol. 21.
The Opiate Magazine is an English-language literary magazine
based in Paris, France and is available both in print and online.
“No Time” is described by the editor as an “epic slow burn
of a friendship betrayal.”
I wrote the first draft years ago, around 2005, prompted by a workshop
assignment to imagine something in my life that may have been seen in a
negative light to others. I imagined what it must have looked like to friends
and family when I returned from a semester in Russia to announce I’d fallen in
love, and after I went back a few months later to get married. Nataliya and I were absolutely
certain—and rightly so as our 25 years of marriage illustrate. But I imagine
others, at the time, must have thought we were crazy, two people from different sides of the
globe getting married after knowing one another less than a year.
For the seed to become a story—from the point of view of the
friend—I had to take it several steps beyond. Thus the story of love became a
story of questionable morals and betrayal.
Whether you order the print copy of the magazine or read it
online for free, you’ll find “No Time” on pages 31-41 of the issue.
Enjoy it and the other fine stories and poetry in The Opiate
Magazine.
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