Categoría: a short story
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H. Fer —the Barcelona Taxi Driver by J Ré Crivello
The diagonal avenue vanished almost immediately after reaching Passeig de Gràcia. H. Fer stopped his taxi on the corner of La Pedrera. A sea of tourists waited to admire Gaudí’s masterpiece. A woman climbed into the car with a small dog in her arms. She was well-dressed, with a slight…
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“Paradise” by Alice Baburek
The deliberate blow was intense and crippling. Hot spaghetti sauce spewed everywhere across the clean, shiny linoleum. Her stricken body fell heavily to the floor. Pain surged through her head, then down her shaky spine. She tried desperately to catch her breath. Karen Bradley closed her wet eyes. How many…
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flower dog by Bogdan Dragos
“It looks like… A flower dog,” he said, looking at it with ever growing fascination He didn’t know what a ‘flower dog’ was but those were the first words that came to mind as he beheld the thing Others would’ve had different words for it like roadkill He hit it…
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Eyes on the Meadows by Sebastian Iturralde
In the vast meadows of a region blessed with fertile lands and abundant waters, there lived a creature little appreciated by men. Those fields, granted by the King to a group of settlers for their protection and harvest, had long been the home of a beholder. Hukur was the only…
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‘the lynchpin’ By Katya Mills
What should have been me at her trial as the leading witness was instead her at my trial, and twelve jurors convicted me of the crime she committed. Then, during the sentencing phase, she stood up in the back and yelled that I was innocent. The judge had her removed…
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“Spay and Neuter” by Gail Brown
The office waiting room was mostly empty. One man sat with a dog by his side. The dog had a white muzzle and sprawled on the floor as if he had no interest in the world around him. A bulletin board in one corner was only half full. The section…
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“Piercings” by Bill Tope
“Hold still,” cautioned Te. “I don’t want to hurt you.” She edged around the bed upon which Sweeney sat, only partially robed, waiting for his lover to perform her magic, as she’d promised. Theresa, an 88-lb. dynamo, beautiful and perfect in every way, thought Sweeney, struggled to engage him with…
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THE DISSERTATION OF A ROSE by Lê Vĩnh Tài
A short story in Vietnamese by Lê Vĩnh TàiTranslator: Nguyễn Thị Phương TrâmTHE DISSERTATION OF A ROSEYou receive news of the blooming of an unregulated flower, your latest investigation.You watched the petals open slightly then closed in a whirl, sprouting a tiny bud, conjuring crude imagery. You took pictures and…
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“The Cold Embrace of Fate” by Alice Baburek
The darkened sky seeped into the wintry mix of drifting snow and ice. Dripping icicles hung heavily from the grove of blistered pine trees. Ester Warren blinked several times to remove the fallen snowflakes that gently settled on her closed eyes. A damp chill sank into her spine. The frosty…
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he’s all over the place by Bogdan Dragos
Something wasn’t right about him I mean, the guy was way too rich and privileged to have missing teeth yet his mouth opened like some rusty dungeon gate Every time they tried to fix his teeth he’d break them again intentionally with the claw of a hammer or with a…
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The Bougainvillea Climbed House by C.J. Anderson-Wu吳介禎
The darkening night was gradually seeping into her house. She rose to her feet, feeling a little dizzy—she must have dozed off on the couch. Even in her eighties, and more than a decade into retirement, she still hadn’t grown accustomed to days without projects or purpose. In the first…
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How Those Heartbreak Days Did Fly by Gerald Yelle
The yard, where last year’s weeds stick up in the snow by the shrub, has a puddle that never dries. We wouldn’t mind –except for the mud around the edges. We’re afraid it’ll still be there when the heads of state come to stand in line. It’s supposed to be…
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Cultured pearls by Luisa Zambrotta
11 July 1893– The first cultured pearl is obtained by Kokichi Mikimoto.Cultured pearls are pearls grown inside oysters at pearl farms: they are the response of the shell to tissue implant.Technicians open the live pearl oysters then surgically implant a tiny piece of mantle tissue from a donor shell. The…
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“Customer Satisfaction” by Gail Brown
Machines hummed, grills baked, and the sound of orders processing through the gentle words of cashiers filled Valena with pride. What had not so long ago been a failing burger spot was now a winning healthy restaurant. No longer did they try to keep up with hundreds of dishes and…
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az-zahr by J. Ré Crivello
“At 1:30 she wants to rent a car and go for a drive through the Bois. He only thinks about urinating. “I love you… I adore you… —he says” (p. 133, Henry Miller, Tropic of Cancer). Last night in one of my dreams, I kept meticulously cleaning an old Spanish…
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“Remembering” by Bill Tope
When I was very young–actually all my life until I was 50, when he died–I observed my dad sitting alone, on the front steps, with his elbows on his knees. He smoked a cigarette or drank coffee, and stared blankly into space. I often wondered, what was he thinking? I…
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