“He’s bleeding out!” These words stampede through the air, disembodied from their owner. “Somebody help him!” I stand on the museum steps. When the words reach me, I am unsteadied by their desperate velocity, and I...
Flesh Wounds
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Tanya Nikiforova
Tanya Nikiforova is a primary care physician who writes fiction and poetry inspired by the breathtaking range of human experiences she encounters in her profession. A first-generation immigrant from Belarus, she resides in Pennsylvania with her husband and daughters, where she also tends to a garden and runs.