“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.
“I neither cut off a toe, nor shaved off a heel/ just minced my way through it all/ with a smile…” Poem of the Week (October 12), by Jesper Wung-Sung, translated from Danish by Lindy Falk van Rooyen.
Original Danish text of Knud Sørensen’s ‘The Congratulant’.
“Marius Beck had been big, in both connotations of the word.” Story of the Week (June 6), by Knud Sørensen. Translated from Danish by Michael Goldman.
“And when he was all done she brought the mirror for him to look in. And he sat a long while gazing at his new appearance, trying to recognize himself.” Story of the Week (March 14), by Cecil Bødker. Translated from Danish by Michael Goldman.
Original Danish text of Cecil Bødker’s ‘Tacit the Bedspread’.
“The woman walks into the living room. She acts as if everything is normal, but I can see how she’s looking around, taking it all in.” Story of the Week (February 5), by Henriette Houth. Translated from Danish by Mark Mussari.
“They will carry out the assassination. The bomb will be placed correctly this time. Heidi will do it herself if they let her.” Story of the Week (September 25), by Maja Elverkilde. Translated from Danish by Peter Woltemade.
Original Danish text of Maja Elverkilde’s ‘Assassination’.
“The last thing he could remember was the smell of the free-ranging animals. The smell, and the feeling that someone or something was lurking in wait for him in the dark.” Story of the Week (May 15), by Julia Butschkow. Translated from Danish by Peter Woltemade.