Father Chuy of the Sagrada Familia
“The boy had known resignation. He’d eaten and breathed it and sweated it from his pores for as long as he could remember.” Story of the Week (July 1), by April Vázquez.
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Hunt 1947
“A nightmare that will end well. László Luka was hoping for this.” Story of the Week (June 24), by Zsuzsa Selyem. Translated from Hungarian by Erika Mihálycsa.
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The Familiar Stranger
“At that moment I understood why the man who I had left behind was not a stranger.” Story of the Week (June 17), by Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen. Translated from Portuguese by Sally Bolton.
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The Congratulant
“Marius Beck had been big, in both connotations of the word.” Story of the Week (June 6), by Knud Sørensen. Translated from Danish by Michael Goldman.
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Nothing to It
“The world is shit. It stinks, it’s black, and it’s foul.” Story of the Week (May 23), by Jerry Wilson.
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The Long Haul
“He had the feeling that she would be gone when he came out of the store, but she was still standing in the half-light waiting for him.” Story of the Week (April 22), by Lorna Brown.
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Camp in Blikkiesdorp
“My happiest memories of those early days in Blikkiesdorp are about my brother Jabulani…” Story of the Week (March 21), by Nnamdi Oguike.
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Tacit the Bedspread
“And when he was all done she brought the mirror for him to look in. And he sat a long while gazing at his new appearance, trying to recognize himself.” Story of the Week (March 14), by Cecil Bødker. Translated from Danish by Michael Goldman.
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Atop Land, Under Sea
” ‘But where will we land? Are we going to die?!” wailed Miki. She paused, then whispered: “Someone needs to be the passengers.’ ” Story of the Week (March 7), by Justin YW Lau.
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Aquamarine
“She had a thousand questions she would like to ask: what he did, if he had children, where he had studied, where he lived. She wanted to be able to place him in the world, to know who he was.” Story of the Week (February 26), by Teolinda Gersão. Translated from Portuguese by Margaret Jull Costa.
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