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The Sea— B. Murali
Translated from the Malayalam by K. M. Ajir Kutty Image Used For Representation Suma felt a bit uneasy. Her problem now was that she would dream about different places. Of late she has…...
Young Beasts at Play— Davide Longo
TRANSLATED FROM THE ITALIAN BY SILVESTER MAZZARELLA First Prologue Five young people are walking along a pavement in the suburbs. Two o’clock in the morning. A black leather jacket; a beige corduroy trench…...
The Seventy-Year-Old Tree— Dr. Urmila Shirish
TRANSLATED FROM THE HINDI BY RITUPARNA MUKHERJEE Image Used For Representation There was an empty field for as far as eyes could see. The field had coarse, sandy soil. A few pebbles were…...
Kaido Racers and Other Poems— Dumitru Fanfarov
TRANSLATED FROM THE ROMANIAN BY THE AUTHOR Nervous Tics he was curious about how those like him wrote their versesan emotional commotion an anomaly in behaviorsomething incomprehensible for those who see poetry as anintellectual producthe…...
The Departed Wishes— Chandra Kishore Jayaswal
TRANSLATED FROM THE HINDI BY AYUSHEE ARORA The son was leaving the house to go to work, when the aged father called out to him, and stopped him in his tracks. Calling his son to…...
Wyrd Words: Personal Reflections On The Art Of Horror (Part IV)— Grandfather Hu
BODY HORROR (UNCOMFORTABLE IN OUR OWN SKINS) Image Used for Representation Translation comes naturally to us. You’re doing it right now. No, I’m not talking about that wondrous act of reading,…...
The Downtown— Prasanta Kr. Das
TRANSLATED FROM THE ASSAMESE BY HARSITA HIYA Image Used for Representation In the beginning God created the heavens and then the earth and Downtown Genesis 1:1 It was as tall as a high-rise…...
In the Meadow & Other Flash Fiction Pieces— Rongili Biswas
FLASH FICTION BY RONGILI BISWAS Image Used for Representation In the Meadow The boy: In the meadow. Cannot take his eyes off the crow. Someone told him the crow could…...
Two Flash Fiction Pieces— Rongili Biswas
FLASH FICTION BY RONGILI BISWAS Image Used for Representation IN PRAISE OF AN ORNATE VASE He had my cousin’s name but looked very different. To be honest, I no…...