Panio Gianopoulos
PANIO GIANOPOULOS is the author of the novella A Familiar Beast (Nouvella Books). A recipient of a New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship, his writing has appeared in Tin House, Northwest Review, Salon, the Hartford Courant, the Brooklyn Rail, FiveChapters, and the Rattling Wall, among others. He lives in Los Angeles with his family.
Pink
By Panio GianopoulosFour women circled the table. No one knew where to sit. There should have been place markers, absent due not to carelessness, or to mischief, or to malice— no, Regis hadn’t designed seating arrangements simply because it was an impossible situation. Maude disliked Emma. Emma disliked Paige. Paige disliked Emma. Kara disliked everyone. Everyone disliked Kara.
from the novella
A Familiar Beast
By Panio Gianopoulos
MaryAnne was seated in a booth by the window. Her narrow chin rested on the palm of her right hand as she read a plastic-sheeted library book.Marcus sat across from her. “Sorry to interrupt your night.”
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