J. A. Bernstein is a PhD candidate in literature and creative writing at the University of Southern California. His stories and essays have appeared in Harpur Palate, Crab Orchard Review, Anamesa, and other journals. His website is writingwar.com.
Summer 2013
The Killer
Private Rotem Katan had never fought a man with his fists before, but as he lay straddling Private Mikhail Koslovsky, he thought rather of the first time he made love.