Story of the Week

Fiction, Literature

Apricot

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“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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Fiction, Literature

Furfuri’s Innocent Meal

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“During the month of Bhadro, the moon is totally eclipsed in the evening. The darkness of that night can only be compared to a blind inferno.” Story of the Week (February 21 – Language Martyrs’ Day), by Anwar Shahadat. Translated from Bengali by Masrufa Ayesha Nusrat.

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Fiction, Literature

Kryptonite

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“He pulled out another piece. Its green color was more artificial than the most artificial dye I had ever seen, more green than the green of absinthe…” Story of the Week (February 14), by Michael Stein.

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Fiction, Literature

Family

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“All humor, Leibowitz knew… was based upon a man in trouble. And when it came to trouble, marriage to Leibowitz’s sister was trouble carried to new heights.” Story of the Week (February 7), by Alan Swyer.

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Fiction, Literature

Spring is Coming

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“The blood-caked hairs on the dog’s tortured body were turning into symbols. With a painful sneer she realized what they meant.” Story of the Week (January 31), by Balla. Translated from Slovak by Julia and Peter Sherwood.

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Fiction, Literature

Second Wife

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“Each time since they were married Adam had pushed her on the bed and pounced at her flesh like an animal. The sight of her bruised and bleeding body failed to deter him.” Story of the Week (January 24), by Zvezdana Rashkovich.

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Fiction, Literature

Antidote

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“Just as our gullible nation thought it had discovered freedom that bleak winter, I—too—naively thought I had discovered the Cure.” Story of the Week (January 17), by Noha Al-Badry.

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