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...
Asystole – By George Angel
It was the day after the elections. The sky above the city was overcast and witches left black streaks in the air. Intermittent rains...
Hsi-wei and the Game of Touhu – By Robert Wexelblatt
Two weeks before the Moon Festival, Chen Hsi-wei was making his way east through Xuzhou. The itinerant sandal maker and peasant/poet had a whim...
Carpenter – By John Tavares
COLLEGE DORMS
Helena slept for her first night in her college dormitory at Humber College. She never thought she would return to college, ten years...
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...
Impostor – By Kevin Armor Harris
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This is how I came to be in court, at the trial where I did not speak, where the judgement was passed, and I...
Hsi-wei and the Li Family – By Robert Wexelblatt
Spring came early that year and didn’t linger. April in Hanshan already felt like July. To escape the heat, the itinerant sandal-maker...
Revenge – By Mahmood Jamool
Translated from the Arabic by Essam M. Al-Jassim
The fourth time I knocked on the door to ask for my beloved’s hand in marriage, her...
Simple Things: Stages of Romance in a Small Village – By Rehab...
Translated from the Arabic by Essam M. Al-Jassim
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“Why won’t you hold my hand when we walk in the street?” she asked, her voice soft.
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Ten Years – By Itto & Mekiya Outini
The letter from France, informing Halima that she’d been awarded a scholarship to study material sciences at one of the country’s most prestigious institutions,...
