You feel air at a round hole in the side of the frame. You’re crouched in your apartment hallway, fingers hovering an inch from the smooth metal rim of the cutout, the cold draft tangling with the faint smell of... Read more
The outer window is loose. The inner one is shut. You’re curled into the cinderblock hallway window sill, rain drumming the glass two inches from your knuckles, the building’s boiler humming three floors down. You’d noticed the rattle through your... Read more
You want the draft quieter before morning. A towel is on the chair. The hall light bleeds under your front door, thin enough to show the wisp of cold air that’s been making the curtain twitch every ten minutes. You... Read more
The curtain ends before the side of the window. You clutch a short Phillips head screwdriver in your dominant hand, the plastic handle worn smooth from years of hanging art and tightening loose cabinet pulls around your apartment. You prop... Read more
The foam along the side is split. You can pinch the loose end. You’re standing in the hallway outside your apartment, utility caddy slung over one shoulder, after noticing the draft seeping through the sill gap when you brought in... Read more