The Storm Woman

Over a plate of beans in a cheap restaurant, an elderly reporter, in reply to a question from a cub about a mysterious woman in black and her fortune-telling parakeets, relates the following... Read allOver a plate of beans in a cheap restaurant, an elderly reporter, in reply to a question from a cub about a mysterious woman in black and her fortune-telling parakeets, relates the following story: "Fifteen years ago Maria and Nina Martelli lived with their old father in Italy. M... Read allOver a plate of beans in a cheap restaurant, an elderly reporter, in reply to a question from a cub about a mysterious woman in black and her fortune-telling parakeets, relates the following story: "Fifteen years ago Maria and Nina Martelli lived with their old father in Italy. Maria, the older girl, had known care but not tragedy, and Nina, a gay lass of 16, was whol... Read all