The house is warm. The wine is good. I sit by the window watching the chickadees out by the feeder. Here comes the squirrel to steal the sunflower seeds. The phone rings. Stops. Rings again. I know it’s you, Theo. And I’m not picking up.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Eric Bogosian is the author of the novels Wasted Beauty and Mall; and the plays Talk Radio (a Pulitzer finalist), subUrbia and Griller and the Obie Award-winning solo performances Drinking in America, Pounding Nails in the Floor with My Forehead and Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll. He is the recipient of the Berlin Film Festival Silver Bear Award, a Drama Desk Award, and two NEA fellowships. He has appeared in more than a dozen feature films and television shows. Bogosian lives in New York City.