Marvin placed the bananas on the scales. “1.7 kilograms,” he said. “This is for the company…” He took two bunches off the scale…

I pressed my ear against the bathroom door, trying to listen to the beautiful voice that had stopped me in my tracks. There…

Marvin peered anxiously out of his jail cell, clutching the bars with sweaty hands. Where was Antonatos? If he didn’t arrive soon the…

Back in 1999, Marvin volunteered as a lifeguard for the entire summer. He invited me to join him. He thought that it would…

At the age of 21, without warning, Marvin disappeared. I grieved his departure and blamed many for driving him away, myself most of…

It was a dark and rainy Saturday evening in mid-August. Marvin and I were on our fourth bottle of Casillero Del Diablo Reserve…

After being refused by man, woman, and beast alike, Marvin found himself without date for the high school prom. In an act of…

Marvin had been working at the buttons factory for a long time, an exceedingly long time indeed. It used to be the job…

When we were boys in Penzance, Marvin and I would accompany each other to school each day. Marvin would ride his bicycle and…

As I oiled Marvin’s body for the evening’s show, I thought back to the beginning of this amazing journey, three months earlier. I…