The Last of the VostyachsHe felt a shiver run down his spine when he heard the lateral fricative with labiovelar overlay ring out loud and clear in the chill air It set forgotten follicles stirring in the soft part of his brain, disturbing liquids that had lain motionless for centuries, arousing sensations not made for men of the modern world. Ivan grew up in a gulag and held his dying father in his arms. Since then he has not uttered a word. He has lived in the wild, kept