The Comma Chameleons – Itto & Mekiya Outini
The Sacrifice is in the lobby, waiting to be buzzed in. Through the grainy, in-unit feed, Shelly inspects her: a stout, middle-aged woman in...
The Midnight Arrest -By Faten Guemri
Translated from the Tunisian by Ahmed Amor Zaabar
It was midnight.
Two children slept peacefully in their room, their soft breaths rising and falling in quiet...
Hsi-wei and the Empress’s Aspirations – By Robert Wexelblatt
Toward the end of his life, the peasant-poet and sandal-maker Chen Hsi-wei retired to a small cottage outside Chiangling. Here he received a two-week...
The Blue Binder – By Jonathan B. Ferrini
Victor grew up inside a trailer park with dilapidated trailers packed together like tuna in a rusty old can. His grandmother’s trailer smelled of...
The Last Hour of a Billionaire – By Nolo Segundo
At one of his 7 mansions , the one close to the world famous hospital, he lay on the custom made hospital bed ...
The Grave Between Us – By Saeed Abdul Mawjoud
Translated from the Arabic by Essam M. Al-Jassim
“Oh, my brother! Where is he? Let me through. Release me!” Sibai twisted his arms in a...
You should come (provided you’re here) – By Kalyani Bindu
Evening is slowly netting Inuyama. Spiders are heading home to the prickly bushes with red flowers. In the corner of the grey pavement, a...
Embers of the Forgotten – By Plamen V
In the shadow of the Iron...
The Voice : Lost & Found – By Susan Bloch
The Westminster Abbey children’s choir gathered on the church’s stage on a chilly January afternoon to sing Handel’s “Zadok the Priest.” For the fourth-grade...
