Putin’s Soul
“I take Putin’s soul by the hand and seat him in my little red wagon, and I start to pull him back to my house.” Story of the Week (July 10), by Ambika Thompson.
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The Tragicomedy of Mefito and Tentorea
“Tentorea runs home crying. Mefito stays where he is, horribly anguished. A beautiful love story can’t just go down the tubes on account of a hypersensitive nose and ears.” Story of the Week (July 3), by Pablo MartÃn Sánchez. Translated from Spanish by Jeff Diteman.
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Martian Photos
“See the exposed wall over there—the cracks in the plaster are shaped like an agave plant.” Story of the Week (June 26), by Geoffrey Aronson.
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Totonha
“The way I see it, real wisdom is knowing how to read someone’s face. Right up nose to nose with whoever it is.” Story of the Week (June 19), by Marcelino Freire. Translated from Portuguese by Annie McDermott.
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You and I: A Short Story in Fragments
“Many people will die. Someone’s mother, someone’s father and someone else’s child. They will be mourned.” Story of the Week (June 12), by Nafiza Azad.
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Yamami
“I don’t want to die in the first world, I want to die lost on the horizon. Dazzled.” Story of the Week (June 5), by Marcelino Freire. Translated from Portuguese by Annie McDermott.
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Escape
“I’ve also started playing The Quiet Game on my own a lot, especially at night.” Story of the Week (May 29), by Zuha Siddiqui.
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Outside Solar dos PrÃncipes
“The slimy bastards come strolling in, poking around in our past, and we open up like little birds. Tell our stories like parrots. We sing, we roll over. We offer them our coca-cola.” Story of the Week (May 22), by Marcelino Freire. Translated from Portuguese by Annie McDermott.
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Jomfru Ane Gade
“The last thing he could remember was the smell of the free-ranging animals. The smell, and the feeling that someone or something was lurking in wait for him in the dark.” Story of the Week (May 15), by Julia Butschkow. Translated from Danish by Peter Woltemade.
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The Last Man of Epecuén
“I’m here and no-one is going to move me. I’m here and the wind is here.” Story of the Week (May 8), by Iain Robinson.
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