Andabatae - my Roman tragedy, online in August in the Eunoia Review
'Anton felt heavy-lidded, but knew that if he closed his eyes terrible angels would scratch holes in the membranes at the back of them. He hurried across the estate, arrested by the thought of what had happened to the bright-eyed kid who came to Rome to study the city’s history and culture. He had a dim memory of that kid’s face, tried to place it, then was astonished to see it blinking gauntly at him for a second from the vitrine by the metro.'
What is a boy to do when his friends go to ruin and his mind compels him to follow them? Rome, sometime in the 1990s, and Anton sees new revelations in the ancient stones, ancient visions in crowded clubs and lonely bathrooms. No heroes, no heroines, just heroin.
Andabatae went online in Ian Chung's marvellous Eunoia Review in August, and you can find it here.
What is a boy to do when his friends go to ruin and his mind compels him to follow them? Rome, sometime in the 1990s, and Anton sees new revelations in the ancient stones, ancient visions in crowded clubs and lonely bathrooms. No heroes, no heroines, just heroin.
Andabatae went online in Ian Chung's marvellous Eunoia Review in August, and you can find it here.