My daughter, Chiara, turns five today. I get up when it’s still dark because, if I wait until after the Tuscan sun rises, it will be too hot to bake a cake. I pour myself cold coffee, then I close the windows and...
The Flavours We’ll Lose
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Brecht De Poortere
Brecht De Poortere was born in Belgium and grew up in Africa. He currently lives in Paris, France. His writing has appeared in the Hudson Review (3rd Prize Short Fiction Contest), the Baltimore Review, Grain, X-R-A-Y, and Consequence, amongst others, and has been nominated for Best Small Fictions and Best Microfiction. You can follow him on Twitter @brecht_dp or visit his website www.brechtdepoortere.com.