Slawka G. Scarso has published several books on wine and works as a copywriter and translator. Her short fiction has appeared in Ellipsis Zine, Bending Genres, Entropy, Necessary Fiction, and others. She lives between Rome and Geneva with her husband and her dog, and is currently submitting her first crime novel. You can find her on Twitter as @nanopausa. More of her words on www.nanopausa.com
When we were fourteen, Tessa, Gina, and I used to laugh at Mrs. Meade, our history teacher, who always came to class like she had dressed in a rush, her hair always boringly tied, her wedding finger always covered in...