Kristin Faatz studied engineering and music at Swarthmore College, piano performance at the Peabody Conservatory, and writing at the Johns Hopkins University and Kenyon Review Writers Workshops. Her short fiction has previously appeared in Umbrella Factory Magazine (Sept. 2012), and she is currently working on her first novel, Four-Hands, which draws on her experience of the classical music world. Other interests include hiking, camping and exploring local history.
Fall 2013
The Sphere of Time
Here is Thaddeus: a tall old man, stoop-shouldered and narrow-bodied. His fingers are swollen and mottled with age. His chest is hollow, fragile as a bird’s.