September 2024 - PaulTalbot

Creamy Stucco

Posted by Paul Talbot | Sep 21, 2024 | Chronicles |

It was a much larger apartment than she had expected, with soothing walls of creamy stucco. A dim...

Amira Learned How

Posted by Paul Talbot | Sep 20, 2024 | Chronicles |

Amira learned how to affix photos to the readied passport pages, a more demanding process with...

Near UCLA

Posted by Paul Talbot | Sep 19, 2024 | Chronicles |

Sylvain wished them luck and told them they could find him in Westwood, where he had an apartment...

Figueroa Street

Posted by Paul Talbot | Sep 18, 2024 | Chronicles |

Their weekly meetings, which grew increasingly lighthearted, went on for a year. Then, one day in...

Musso and Frank

Posted by Paul Talbot | Sep 17, 2024 | Chronicles |

On a rainy Friday when the city seemed off balance, they took Sylvain to lunch at Musso and...

Sadness

Posted by Paul Talbot | Sep 16, 2024 | Chronicles |

His sadness brought to mind rustling leaves, a long-ago autumn before something had carved a slice...

Forlorn

Posted by Paul Talbot | Sep 15, 2024 | Chronicles |

Caroline and Francine immediately understood what Amira meant. Sylvain was indeed delicate. His...

Sylvain

Posted by Paul Talbot | Sep 14, 2024 | Chronicles |

“From what little I know of Sylvain, he is an extraordinarily delicate man,” Amira told them. “He...

Fridays

Posted by Paul Talbot | Sep 13, 2024 | Chronicles |

On Fridays Amira, Caroline and Francine drove downtown and dropped the passports off with...

Amira Fell

Posted by Paul Talbot | Sep 12, 2024 | Chronicles |

Amira fell into a routine that allowed her, with little or no self-imposed pressure, to create the...

Ramon

Posted by Paul Talbot | Sep 11, 2024 | Chronicles |

They knew him as Ramon. He sent two of his men up to Los Angeles every day and each drove a car...

In From Marseilles

Posted by Paul Talbot | Sep 10, 2024 | Chronicles |

Francine’s mother was tempted to pay a visit to Los Angeles but thought the better of it and...

Month: September 2024

Creamy Stucco

Amira Learned How

Near UCLA

Figueroa Street

Musso and Frank

Sadness

Forlorn

Sylvain

Fridays

Amira Fell

Ramon

In From Marseilles

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