Real Fiction / Cristina Daniela Dumitru-Pascal, Yuka Brevi, David Brescan, translated by Bogdan Macarie: Death Comes to the Slots

Cristina Daniela Dumitru-PascalIt was raining outside. She enters the room. Mom, stop playing. We need money for the little one’s medicine, I need a coat, the middle one has no shoes for kindergarten, and Dad will send nothing until next month. Please, Mom, do you want me to cut the power? You slap me. …