Wonderpig
“The mad pace of buyers suggested a looting. They loaded up on chops, thighs, knuckles, kept piling it into their carts.” Story of the Week (October 16), by John Gorman.
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The Bruners
“In 1919, Klaus Bruner was born in a blue-collar area of Berlin.” Story of the Week (October 9), by Cathy Rosoff.
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The Silence
“She screamed as though trying to reach someone who wasn’t there, to rouse someone from sleep, to rattle a cold, indifferent conscience…” Story of the Week (October 2), by Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen. Translated from Portuguese by the City University Literary Translation Summer School.
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Assassination
“They will carry out the assassination. The bomb will be placed correctly this time. Heidi will do it herself if they let her.” Story of the Week (September 25), by Maja Elverkilde. Translated from Danish by Peter Woltemade.
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Attentat
Original Danish text of Maja Elverkilde’s ‘Assassination’.
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In the Footsteps of the Prince
“The Glasgow groups were always the hardest work. You couldn’t tell them anything. They thought they knew everything.” Story of the Week (September 18), by David McVey.
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Let Me Go
“All of a sudden the machines start going mad. I see his large frame shaking uncontrollably and I shout for the nurse.” Story of the Week (September 11), by Nadia Kabir Barb.
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Safe Travels to Unhappy Places
“When it got unbearable I went to the mountains to look for drama.” Story of the Week (September 4), by Zain Saeed.
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Lint
“I liked the kid. He made me nervy, but I liked him. If he hadn’t come along, I wouldn’t have made it. I wouldn’t have even made it halfway backwards if I had it in me to try.” Story of the Week (August 28), by N.V. Baker.
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The Stories I Am Always Writing
“In this story I will write about a character who will walk around a tiny artificial bush of plants trying to find meaning in an argument that happened last night…” Story of the Week (August 21), by Debojit Dutta.
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