Mystery House
A door opens onto a wall. A window is trapped behind another.| Brevity: A Journal of Concise Literary Nonfiction
You stand on the deck of a forty-four-meter wooden pinisi-rigged boat somewhere in the Flores Sea, close to where the Komodo dragons live. A brochure claims that this boat, the Ombak Putih, was made by hand in accordance with the traditions of the South Sulawesi people. You will spend the next five days on board. Salt sparkles on your skin. A thin line of sweat traces your backbone into your butt crack. You are menstruating heavily. The sea swells under your feet. A crew member steadies you, ...| Brevity: A Journal of Concise Literary Nonfiction
A door opens onto a wall. A window is trapped behind another.| Brevity: A Journal of Concise Literary Nonfiction
