Daily Archive: February 20, 2014

Lost in Translation: A Russian-American Love Story

They were born two months apart. He grew up in a three-room apartment in Leningrad during the Brezhnev era. She came of age in the stucco suburbs of sunny 1970s Southern California. How two people from opposite universes met, fell in love, and managed to stay married despite, or perhaps because of, their cultural differences.

Every Breath You Take…

Sometimes love is the vehicle for evil. Guest writer zic explains, in what might be the most powerful story Ordinary Times has ever featured.

(A warning to readers that although no graphic language is used, this post does contain disturbing subject matter.)

Orbology!

Small Gods from “It was a small mule and Brutha had long legs” to “They were known for it”.