Little Angel
“I am thirty three. I am a bachelor and unemployed. The youngsters of our yard look at me silently.” Story of the Week (April 14), by Polina Zherebtsova.
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Resurrection
“Everything is fine now. If only I had known it was so nice to die! Someone ought to tell people.” Story of the Week (April 7), by Henriette Houth. Translated from Danish by Mark Mussari.
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Author of the Month: Joshua Schouten de Jel
“The influence of poets on a fiction writer’s work is another reason to read widely and to experience a variety of genres and styles.†Joshua Schouten de Jel, our October Author of the Month, talks to Mehreen Fatima Ashfaq.
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The Plum Tree
‘ “Everything is so dry,” said Alejandro, “perfect day for a fire.” ‘ Story of the Week (March 31), by Jacinta Perez Gavilan Torres.
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Thirteen
“…the travelers suddenly saw, as though coming to meet them, a big truck flying toward them from the rocky crest.” Story of the Week (March 24), by Alisa Ganieva. Translated from the Russian by Isaac Stackhouse Wheeler.
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Тринадцать
Original Russian text of Alisa Ganieva’s ‘Thirteen’.
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Contentions
“And the endless circles turned and turned, and the young men turned into grey men.” Story of the Week (March 17), by Alzo David-West.
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The Trap
“One day, I will escape, though, perhaps over the rooftops.” Story of the Week (March 10), by Medardo Fraile. Translated from the Spanish by Margaret Jull Costa.
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Writing Fiction Anthology, Vol.3
As a special web anthology, The Missing Slate presents the work of its second fiction writing workshop graduates.
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Babajan
“It was the summer my father was in the hospital.” By Maria Niazi, from The Missing Slate’s fiction workshop.
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