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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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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Orange
“All of the girls came to see what I had done with the neon orange piece of cardboard I had won. Everyone just walked away without saying anything.” By Afreina Noor, from The Missing Slate’s fiction workshop.
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Phases
“Sania watched her break, the woman in the mirror.” By Naima Memon, from The Missing Slate’s fiction workshop.
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A Sisyphean Affair
“I was to only observe and watch Father and receive instructions from him for the first week. On my first day, I noticed that he was much more respected at home than at work.” By Abubakar Mehmood, from The Missing Slate’s fiction workshop
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Sea of Shadows
“I have tried to imagine my mother’s face for as long as I can remember.” By Mahvish Yasin, from The Missing Slate’s fiction workshop.
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