Month: December 2013

Luca Amsler was a banker in Bern who had not been home in a very long time, but when news came from family members that his ailing mother had requested to see him, he put aside old feelings and returned to the small Swiss town where he’d been born. Everyone in Malta agreed that Censina … Read more

“Mom?” he had whispered from the corner of the hallway, hoping to only get his mom’s attention. But as it turned out, all the adults at the party – at least all those in the kitchen – had seen him and laughed, and he was a little embarrassed, standing there in his blue pajamas. “Maury! … Read more

Nelson Hughes knew there were still undiscovered mysteries in the deepest, unexplored parts of the sea. He knew dogs could, in some cases, detect tumours in their masters. And he knew if you stuck a fork in a power socket, you’d get a shock. But when the voice came out of his recycling bin in … Read more