Andrew Gretes is the author of How to Dispose of Dead Elephants (Sandstone Press 2014), a novel that explores epilepsy through fables. He is a doctoral student in the Center for Writers at the University of Southern Mississippi.Hannibal
The guy who rode thirty-seven elephants over the Alps, he’s under my bed. I’m dreaming. The guy who’s responsible for the single bloodiest day in ancient warfare, he’s under my bed. This sort of thing—Carthaginians pitching camp in the crevice between the carpet and my mattress—it’s been known to happen after fits. The...
