The Passenger – By Swagato Chakraborty
““Abid Abid!” the ule seyde,
“Thu gest al to mid swikelhede.
Alle thine wordes thu bileyst
That hit thinkth soth that thu seyst!”
- The Owl and the...
Therapy – By Kalyani Bindu
Patient X: Where do I start, and if I were to start, would the events sustain their fall from the grace of secrecy?
Doctor: Yes,...
Hsi-wei and Xue Zunyan – By Robert Wexelblatt
The Tang Minister Fang Xuan-ling’s two-week leave had come to an end. He had spent the time in Chiangling, a guest of its obsequious...
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...
