On things unreal, but true.

  “The child intuitively comprehends that although these stories are unreal, they are not untrue . . . ” Bruno Bettelheim, from The Uses of Enchantment: the Meaning and Importance of Fairy Tales. Published December 1986 by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. (First published 1975.)   We Pay Our Fare in Apples Here by Megan Arkenberg   Everything in this station has a story, he said. The walls are curved in such a way that the echo of a penny dropped in the exact center of the tunnel sounds like an apology from your late father. If you crawl beneath the turnstiles in the wrong direction the next train you board will take you to every place you’ve ever forgotten, and the ride will last…