Chasing
“I tried closing my eyes; to let the acid drive me inside to some space I had forgotten, a region of myself where the moon didn’t rise.” Story of the Week (May 9), by Santiago J. Sanchez.
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Whatever the Wounds, Whatever the Damage
“At the factory her job is to attach buttons to shirts, pants and dresses all day long. Then, very late at night, in the darkness, she returns and reenters her cave.” Story of the Week (May 2), by Shahaduzzaman. Translated from Bengali by Shabnam Nadiya.
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Happy
“Deborah Rancoff was never beautiful, but her drowned body was.” Story of the Week (April 18), by Madeleine Lee.
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The Suburbs
“This was the summer of the robberies, the summer when the Earlham boy blew off his hand with a firework…” Story of the Week (April 11), by Rowan Beaird.
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The American Prisoner
“He was one of the first American prisoners of war I saw… His legs were messed up badly from one of our hand-made mines. A piece of metal was still lodged in his head.” Story of the Week (April 4), by Khanh Ha.
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‘If Thy Right Hand Offend Thee’
“Zeke threw the door open and stormed into the room brandishing a sawed-off shotgun… ‘You’re the one I’ve come for,’ he snarled. ‘The abortion doctor.’ ” Story of the Week (March 28th), by Mike Sheedy.
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A 1977 Affair
“As I walk to the house, she glances up at me like a rat being caught in adultery.” Story of the Week (March 21), by Jordan Blum.
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Apricot
“I was standing in Priscilla’s garden and felt my body getting bigger… My legs and arms disappeared and I was rolling towards the fringed tulips.” Story of the Week (March 14), by UrÅ¡uľa Kovalyk. Translated from Slovak by Julia Sherwood.
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“Writing Fiction” – Dubai
Following on from the success of our inaugural fiction creative writing workshops in Islamabad, helmed by The Missing Slate Editor-in-Chief, we’re expanding to Dubai. Read…
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Wild, Animal Love
“I was a mixed up, fucked up breed from a small town… I had been raised in a foster home with a bunch of freaks, weirdos and perverts.” Story of the Week (March 7), by Erika T. Wurth.
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