After balancing on the slippery maze of village roads, the green bus jumped on the highway going uphill, past the ancient sign spelling the greeting familiar to Mark from his school days. He dove back into the language with the enthusiasm of somebody deciding to turn his life upside down.

Nelly Shulman is a writer based in Jerusalem. Her short stories appeared on JewishFiction.net, in the Vine Leaves Press Anthology of the Best Flash Fiction, and the various literary magazines and anthologies.