Broken Circles

This story appeared in The Crescent Review in 1993, my official debut. It was one of several pieces I wrote while teaching summer school that year. From first draft to acceptance with about three weeks. Like many of the stories written during this time, it feature legends form my mother's family mythology.

I have long legs and big feet, and I wear cowboy boots. So when my flight left LaGuardia, Delta terminal, at 6:45 am, I was in first class because I had to have some place to put my legs. The n