The Singer from Akrotiri
(Honorable Mention, 2025 BWR Short Story Award)
Paolo Alteri gasped and leaned against the Rialto Bridge’s southern balustrade. He reeled with a sudden dizziness, running a trembling hand through his long brown hair. A sensation of . . . displacement gripped him as if he no longer existed in 1678 Venice but in a different place and time.
Why . . . why would I think that?