Red Room Where the Writers Are

At 3 a.m., the hospital is in stasis. On the floors with patient rooms, all lights are turned down to a softer hue and patients, for the most part, are tucked in their beds.

In the six months that I knew him before his diagnosis, my contact with him was mostly by phone.

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After that, he called regularly and I soon knew that mad cow disease wasn't his only preoccupation.

Our friendship is six months new. Gary, an airline captain, lives in Greenwich, Connecticut, on the New York border. On his layovers, he explores whatever city his flight schedule has sent him.