Author

Steven Popkes

Steven Popkes has had the usual writer's spotty career: morgue technician, laboratory technician, house renovator, biologist. Now, he's a software engineer by day, writer by night. He lives on his turtle farm in Massachusetts with his wife, son and two cats.

The Two of Us, After

The sails are not black but they should have been. The three of us don't know it. I stand aft. Sometimes talking with the Rafe, the tillerman. Sometimes not. Mostly we watch her wait in the bony bow, drawing the light out of the air to shine around her. Looking towards France.…