Stories
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Curing my lying
Aea Varfis-van WarmeloAn excerpt from the novel Attention-Seeking Behaviour (Peninsula Press, 2026) by Aea Varfis-van Warmelo. « My being able to talk was most of the problem in the first place. »
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The death of an unknown womanThis article is available for Members only. Check out our subscription plans to become a member.
Oksana VasyakinaA story about falling, translated by Elina Alter.
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A story of flesh
Ananda DeviExcerpt from All Flesh (Pushkin Press, 2026), translated from the French by Jeffrey Zuckerman.
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Fathers & SonsThis article is available for Members only. Check out our subscription plans to become a member.
Valery PoshtarovFor some of the men in Poshtarov’s photo series, it was the first time they held hands in years – even decades.
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A Madman’s TaleThis article is available for Members only. Check out our subscription plans to become a member.
Enric Valor« I guess it all began, » he said, « because of that weak-headedness my father sometimes had. It just rubbed me the wrong way. »
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There was once a woman who
Inger ChristensenA surprisingly rhyming excerpt from Inger Christensen’s novella « Natalja’s Stories ».
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Let’s enjoy the moonThis article is available for Members only. Check out our subscription plans to become a member.
Alba de CéspedesEight young women live in a college run by nuns in Rome; an excerpt from Alba de Céspedes’ There’s No Turning Back (Nessuno Torna Indietro).
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The body in the crushed rosesThis article is available for Members only. Check out our subscription plans to become a member.
Sergei LebedevExcerpt from Sergei Lebedev’s new novel The Lady of the Mine (2025), set near a Ukrainian coal mine that buries atrocities from the past.
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Animal gameThis article is available for Members only. Check out our subscription plans to become a member.
Agnes LidbeckA story about family. « ‘A woman of few words,’ he smiled. ‘How refreshing.’ »
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« The hope of future Pan-African socialism »This article is available for Members only. Check out our subscription plans to become a member.
Jackie ThomaeA group of « skinny Black lads » enroll at Leipzig’s Karl Marx University in East Germany. An excerpt from Jackie Thomae’s novel Brothers.
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HitchhikerThis article is available for Members only. Check out our subscription plans to become a member.
Defne SumanA story about danger. « She wondered when he was going to ask her where she was going. »
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The original DybbukThis article is available for Members only. Check out our subscription plans to become a member.
Menachem KaiserA story about afterlife. « A saint! What do you mean he’s a saint! the scholar says. He’s a librarian! Are librarians saints? »
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Trouble at work and home while my son is abroadThis article is available for Members only. Check out our subscription plans to become a member.
Francesco PacificoA story about living. « I have a family and I have a job and I have a teaching gig, and these things have me. »