Mark Rigney is the author of numerous plays, including Acts of God (Playscripts, Inc.) and Bears, winner of the 2012 Panowski Playwriting Competition, as well as the non-fiction book Deaf Side Story: Deaf Sharks, Hearing Jets and a Classic American Musical (Gallaudet University Press). His short fiction appears in The Best of the Bellevue Literary Review, Black Gate, The Long Story, and Black Static, among many others. Two collections of his stories are available through Amazon, Flights of Fantasy, and Reality Checks. His website is www.markrigney.net.The Last Horse in Skopje
Rišto Karadelev had been in his new position as Divisional Assistant to the Department of City Authorities for less than a week before he was summoned, in that soporific hour after lunch, to the Director’s office. A typist, severe and prim, delivered the news, and she avoided eye contact with Rišto. He...
