“…if there’s one thing Featherly taught me, it was that Eggs-Are-A-Bitch.” Story of the Week (May 5), by Dwight Hilson.
“And the crushing of these hopes and dreams is what Sabyn Javeri leverages with incredible skill.” Casey Harding reviews ‘Nobody Killed Her’, by Sabyn Javeri.
“It was then they heard the voice, like someone speaking through an electrolarynx.” Story of the Week (April 28), by Alfredo Franco.
“I am thirty three. I am a bachelor and unemployed. The youngsters of our yard look at me silently.” Story of the Week (April 14), by Polina Zherebtsova.
“Everything is fine now. If only I had known it was so nice to die! Someone ought to tell people.” Story of the Week (April 7), by Henriette Houth. Translated from Danish by Mark Mussari.
“The influence of poets on a fiction writer’s work is another reason to read widely and to experience a variety of genres and styles.” Joshua Schouten de Jel, our October Author of the Month, talks to Mehreen Fatima Ashfaq.
‘ “Everything is so dry,” said Alejandro, “perfect day for a fire.” ‘ Story of the Week (March 31), by Jacinta Perez Gavilan Torres.
“…the travelers suddenly saw, as though coming to meet them, a big truck flying toward them from the rocky crest.” Story of the Week (March 24), by Alisa Ganieva. Translated from the Russian by Isaac Stackhouse Wheeler.
Original Russian text of Alisa Ganieva’s ‘Thirteen’.
“And the endless circles turned and turned, and the young men turned into grey men.” Story of the Week (March 17), by Alzo David-West.