Short Story: Counting Steps by Mark Tulin/New English Review

Many thanks to the New English Review for publishing “Counting Steps.”

https://www.newenglishreview.org/articles/counting-steps/

““There are certain things I can’t do,” I say. “Harry Rubin can’t change his stripes, and I can’t make drastic changes in my life. I know that life is passing me by, but I don’t have the desire to catch up with it. I’m happy with a moderate degree of depression. I’m not morbidly obese. I’m not a serial killer. I’m just a guy who has no friends. At least I own a store and sell fruit and vegetables. That’s more than most people have.” –excerpt, “Counting Steps.”