iv / 180
Marine Petrossian:
six poems*
............................................ 108
Counter ................................................................................................................................................. 110
A Slow Letter......................................................................................................................................... 111
Asking Something.................................................................................................................................. 112
I Sat and Cried ....................................................................................................................................... 113
Who is It Who Wonders? ...................................................................................................................... 114
The Paradise of Things .......................................................................................................................... 115
Armen of Armenia:
The Return of Kikos (short story)*
.... 117
The Death of Kikos ................................................................................................................................ 119
The Return of Kikos............................................................................................................................... 124
Adrian Oproiu:
Landscape, People and Birds (eight poems)
.......................136
The Yellow House.................................................................................................................................. 138
Deep...................................................................................................................................................... 140
Abu Kasem’s Slippers ............................................................................................................................ 142
Night...................................................................................................................................................... 143
Rat ......................................................................................................................................................... 144
Lizards ................................................................................................................................................... 145
Woodcocks............................................................................................................................................ 146
Wall clock with a blue wing................................................................................................................... 147
Sargis Hovsepyan:
Run Bibi. Don’t Wait for Me… (short story)*
..................... 149
Arthur Lee Talley: a note about the artwork ..................... 160
Acknowledgments .................................................................162
(
*
denotes writing from Armenia)