Real Fiction / Cecilia Fofiu, Arthur Ianoși, Elena Fermuș, translated by Corina-Alexandra Belu: Death Comes to the Slots

Cecilia FofiuIn the evenings I moaned, make my bed on the little bench between the four-paned windows. You’re so big, you can’t fit, granny would grumble tiredly. She would still do my bidding while I hopped and scared the cats in the chimney under the stove that spit ashy-smothered coals. She prayed with a rosary, unfurled her …