Short Stories Online, Day 18

The challenge -- this week's theme, where 'week' is deemed to run from Monday to Sunday -- is still unfulfilled! Does this not stir you with excitement?

Today's story is a slightly longer one: 'Niels Bohr and the Sleeping Dane', by Jonathon Sullivan.

There's one element of this story that really jars, for me, but the atmosphere and the detail is so evocative that I still admire the overall work. And maybe the jarring element wouldn't jar, if it weren't for the wealth of detail.