A Guilty Love By K. Pontikes In three weeks the town is going to hang Michael Stark for what he did. The sheriff said the crime was unprovoked. Now Don Hart, the town butcher, is dead. Shot in the back. But I knew Don Hart and believe me, he was guilty of something. I
An Unchanged Village By K. Pontikes If you looked at a stack of photographs of Ajijic, Mexico from the last decade, you wouldn’t see too many changes in the pictures as time progressed. There would still be horses ridden by unfashionable, dusty caballeros, riding alongside the main road, occasionally crossing at a red light
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Losing Altitude By K. Pontikes Lift one foot, gain traction, shift my weight forward. Swing the opposite leg up, parallel position, repeat the motion. A few minutes of this upward trajectory and my heart pounds like a hammer. My breathing comes heavy, exhales in loud puffs, my pulse a backup bongo beat. I
