Ilie

Or maybe he's looking at his old shoes, thin and hollowed out, like himself. He’s been making do with these sneakers for the past five years, regardless of the season, even though the leather shows cracks the size of his shoelaces.

Ada Herman is a writer, translator, and published author with an intercultural background: born in Romania, educated in the U.S. and England, currently residing at the foot of the Alps. She has a BA in English from the University of London, a certificate of Advanced Creative Writing from Oxford, and an MA in Creative Writing and Wellbeing from Teesside University. Her short prose has appeared in literary magazines in the U.S. (The Write Launch, Writers' Advice) and internationally (Beyond Words, Spiegel International, Photo Travel Romania, Liternet.ro, Familia etc.) Her short story ‘Yore’ and her novella ‘Ink’ were longlisted for the Yeovil Literary Prize in 2022 and 2023, respectively.