Shark
“An unholy stench announced the rumors were true. Something extraordinary had found its way to the dock at Karachi Fish Harbor.” Story of the Week (December 16), by M. Reza Pirbhai.
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She Plays a Child’s Game
“The windows are red/ and ringing with silhouettes.”
Poem of the Week (December 14), by Mishka Hoosen.
I Will Go
“The taxi that takes me to the station so early in the morning doesn’t have any headlights, any meter, not even a floor in some places.” Story of the Week (December 11), by Nafissatou Dia. Translated from the French by Sébastien Doubinsky and Casey Harding.
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J’irai
Original French text of Nafissatou Dia’s ‘I Will Go’.
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White Flesh, Yellow Dust
“Now there is just stillness,/ a silence not quiet, but alive/ inside the muted grace of winter light.”
Poem of the Week (December 7), by Rachel Heimowitz.
On the Wings of Dreams
“The village of Geffeichak is not connected to the National Power Grid, so forget electricity unless you have a generator.” Story of the Week (December 2), by Gbolahan Badmus.
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Radcliffe Line
“The line/ reincarnating as a fragile ceasefire margin,/ that moves to and fro with glacier tilt”
Poem of the Week (November 30), by Usha Kishore.
The Collector of Lists
“And then I remember the grey metal sign at the entrance to the building…” Story of the Week (November 25), by Lena Gorelik, translated from the German by Frances Jackson.
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Fi Yom Wi Leila
“Spare me this Arab love for dictators tonight./ Come closer, listen—Warda is singing…”
Poem of the Week (November 23), by Zeina Hashem Beck.
The Threads That Pull
“She stood over the pancakes and knew that there was a cost for pleasure for a woman like her, living in a multitude of overlapping worlds.” Story of the Week (November 11), by Isbah Raja.
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