Real Fiction / Lucia Roșca, Dorin Vasile, Carmen Tot, translated by Carmen Badea: Skull

Lucia RoșcaIn a corner, on the mezzanine level, was the biology lab. Stuffed creatures and various bone structures were guarded by Gheorghe, the human skeleton. Glassy eyes of long-extinct animals were staring at me from behind the dusty windows. The stale air was refreshed by piano notes drifting from the building across the …