The Bag – By Hemendra Killawala
She was a working woman and a homemaker. After a long day at work, she was driving back home and thinking about the calls...
Sentimental Men – By Dennis Vannatta
On the night of the long hard day when their son, Jason, abandoned by his wife, returned home with his two sons, Peggy Gorey...
Tamales for Sale – By Kunal Mehra
She hugged her eight-year-old son Pedro goodbye, giving him his lunchbox.
“No enchilada?”, Pedro asked.
She shook her head. He loved enchiladas, and she wanted to...
A Notary Public – By Jonathan B. Ferrini
My grandmother, Mildred, was an independent woman and an entrepreneur.
As Southern California was growing by leaps and bounds in the fifties, Mildred decided to...
Hsi-wei, Song Sidao and Shi Xing – By Robert Wexelblatt
The forgotten poet Song Sidao was the son of a minor landlord in Yanzhou. As the boy showed early promise, his father engaged a...
The Small-Town Sea – (An excerpt from the novel) By Anees Salim
Kindly join us for the Big Eid feast, Mr Unwin. Please be seated on the fictitious chair I have dragged out for you. Here...
Ultimate Fidelity – By Atef Ebeid
Translated from the Arabic by Essam M. Al-Jassim
She never expected him to betray her with her best friend. He didn’t know half of her...
Giant Step – By Eric Morlock
"Once you finally make that commitment," he says, "there's such a sense of peace. It's incredible."
The fog has lifted, and the early...
Father – By Blaze Minevski
Translated from Macedonian by Elizabeta Bakovska
Now there are many people that write about what happened in our time, but only the two of us...
