Mall-Head
“Soon, an explosion tears my wife’s head into bloody pieces of meat – and then construction begins. I feel tired…” Story of the Week (December 12), by Zoltán Komor.
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His Final Pages
“For the next ten years, tormented by such anxiety that I made every trip as short as I could, I was not to leave the house more than fifteen times.” Story of the Week (December 5), by Georges-Olivier Châteaureynaud. Translated from French by Edward Gauvin.
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Kalundborg 7:11
“He follows a blogger by the name of Fjordman, and he’s read Anders Behring Breivik’s 2083 manifesto in its entirety… He agrees with Breivik, but not with his method.” Story of the Week (November 28), by Simon Fruelund. Translated from Danish by K.E. Semmel.
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Resting Place
“I’m exhausted now, or rather, I think that I had already become tired a long time ago…” Story of the Week (November 21), by Naiyer Masud. Translated from Urdu by Muhammad Umar Memon.
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Only in London
“Above me, the grey sky hovers unsteadily. It runs into tall brick buildings and races above tunnels decorated with graffiti, litter and dead rats. ‘Paki go home,’ says a wall.” Story of the Week (November 7), by Sabyn Javeri.
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“One rarely hears rumors about whores and bawds, one hears them about respectable women, spread with the intention of causing grief… all kinds of rumors about Laji Bai were circulating on Japani Road.” Story of the Week (October 24), by Asad Muhammad Khan. Translated from Urdu by Aquila Ismail and Muhammad Umar Memon.
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The Forest
“He stopped in his tracks and turned around. The bare, level and speckled trail rolled out far into the distance… Even if there were no moonlight, there was little chance of its disappearing…” Story of the Week (October 10), by Ikramullah. Translated from Urdu by Faruq Hassan and Muhammad Umar Memon.
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Anchor
“I want you to create new memories. And stories other than the survival game…” Story of the Week (October 3), by Namrata Poddar.
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Darkness
“In everything, Schopenhauer argued, there was will… will represented by a man and his falcons, or two couples fumbling along on vacation or this darkness…” Story of the Week (September 26), by Robert Earle.
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Darwin Mother
“Darwin Mother had a peculiar taste for silver and dandelions. And in a yellow house down the street, she lived all alone…” Story of the Week (September 5), by C.G. Fewston.
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