Short story: Second place in the Sargeson Prize

Short story: Second place in the Sargeson Prize

Words spill from my mouth like frogs. Frogs? Päästää sammakko suusta. You let a frog out of your mouth – the Finnish equivalent of letting the cat out of the bag. I don’t speak Finnish. I didn’t even know the phrase existed. Frogs evert their stomachs, lick them clean and then swallow them again. When did I learn these frog facts? Curiouser and curiouser. Oftener and oftener odd things happen. It’s not just the frogs. A phantom smell that remind…