Anthropophagy – By George Angel
(Note: This is the third part of Gossamer Buttresses, of which the first two are : Grandeur and Misbehavior, respectively).
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We are all edible. Doubt...
Academician Sisoye’s Inaugural Speech – By Blaze Minevski
Translated from Macedonian by Elizabeta Bakovska
Sisoye was finally made a member of the National’s Academy of Arts and Sciences.
He just needed to deliver his...
Surrender – By Bari Lynn Hein
Dad’s car had plastic seat covers and no seatbelts. Whenever he turned a corner, he would intentionally accelerate, and Brad and I would slide...
Better Than It Should Be – By Mohammed Khalaf
Translated from the Arabic by Essam M. Al-Jassim
He collapsed with a cry, the scattered fragments of his words—his papers—slipping through his fingers and drifting...
Only Ten Days ? – By Rimli Bhattacharya
“How long have you been unwell?” Dr. Bhave probed.
“I was never gravely sick, I just lost my exuberance. I started getting these low grade...
A Most Unpleasant Story – By Robert Wexelblatt
When Justine and Sheila came back from the ladies, Lauren was chatting with two good-looking men. Sheila had brought somebody from work, while Lauren...
So Many of Us – By Margaret Irish
They were tiny, two-pronged, lying brown or green in the soil or moss. Sometimes they edged a stone a fraction forward to trip walkers...
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...
I Wouldn’t Rule Out A Wooden Box – By Michael Tyler
And I meet Davison in a burger joint balls-to-the-wall ‘retro’ in a way that is less than impressive. Davison is sitting in a booth...
