“She screamed as though trying to reach someone who wasn’t there, to rouse someone from sleep, to rattle a cold, indifferent conscience…” Story of the Week (October 2), by Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen. Translated from Portuguese by the City University Literary Translation Summer School.
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“I’m also really obsessed by things that one can buy in vending machines…caviar, lettuce, burgers, canned bread, underwear, eggs, rice, neckties, art, and what I’ve now found I’ve always needed, live crabs.” Ambika Thompson, The Missing Slate’s Author of the Month for July, talks to Casey Harding.
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“They will carry out the assassination. The bomb will be placed correctly this time. Heidi will do it herself if they let her.” Story of the Week (September 25), by Maja Elverkilde. Translated from Danish by Peter Woltemade.
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Original Danish text of Maja Elverkilde’s ‘Assassination’.
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“The Glasgow groups were always the hardest work. You couldn’t tell them anything. They thought they knew everything.” Story of the Week (September 18), by David McVey.
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“I’ve learned from reading that you can tell a story in two ways: one is via the written narrative and the other is via the subtext, specifically, the things that remain unsaid but implied.” Nafiza Azad, The Missing Slate’s Author of the Month for June, talks to Casey Harding.
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“All of a sudden the machines start going mad. I see his large frame shaking uncontrollably and I shout for the nurse.” Story of the Week (September 11), by Nadia Kabir Barb.
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“When it got unbearable I went to the mountains to look for drama.” Story of the Week (September 4), by Zain Saeed.
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“I liked the kid. He made me nervy, but I liked him. If he hadn’t come along, I wouldn’t have made it. I wouldn’t have even made it halfway backwards if I had it in me to try.” Story of the Week (August 28), by N.V. Baker.
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“In this story I will write about a character who will walk around a tiny artificial bush of plants trying to find meaning in an argument that happened last night…” Story of the Week (August 21), by Debojit Dutta.
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