Categoría: a short story
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Borrowing the Bath by neil Brosnan
“May God forgive me,” Mam would say, making the sign of the cross, “but the aul dog is the best of them!” She genuinely had a soft spot for our neighbour’s black collie, and would usually have a few morsels to hand whenever the scrawny creature would slink foraging to…
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From despair and solitude to hope. by Luisa Zambrotta
Over the Rainbow Somewhere over the rainbow, way up highThere’s a land that I heard of, once in a lullabySomewhere over the rainbow, skies are blueAnd the dreams that you dare to dream, really do come true Someday I’ll wish upon a starAnd wake up where the clouds are far…
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The only freedom you have in this life stands in the level of importance you place on by Bogdan Dragos
Last time I saw him it was I think six days ago not exactly a full weak He was down bad and that’s putting it mildly His tragedy was the tragedy of so many others Wife left and took the kid with her Nothing new under the sun What is…
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Carving by KJ Hannah Greenberg
I tossed a wooden block-mounted linoleum sheet from hand to hand as I shook my head. I was over thirty, a sniper in an elite corps, and engaged to be married. Yet, for whatever reason, my mother had bought me a set of lino chunks, “U” and “V” gouges, a…
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WHAT REMAINS by Mike Steeden
There’s a song buzzing in my heada melancholy ringbut I know you’ll never listento this pawn who would be KingI sense you couldn’t care lessbut I’ll say it all the sameI’ll tell you what I’m thinkingdon’t hate the player; hate the gameI’ve seen the cat that got the creamand the…
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READING A STORY ABOUT THE BLACK SEA by Nina Kossman
Translated from the Russian by NL Herzenberg When my students are seated, I give out copies of my book and tell that they’ll have to share their copy with their neighbor. “This book is about my childhood. Today we’ll be reading a story about my childhood. Read the name on…
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The loneliness of a broken heart by Luisa Zambrotta
Are You Lonesome Tonight? Are you lonesome tonight,Do you miss me tonight?Are you sorry we drifted apart?Does your memory stray to a brighter sunny day When I kissed you and called you sweetheart?Do the chairs in your parlor seem empty and bare?Do you gaze at your doorstep and picture me…
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What Happened to the Country by Jeff Friedman
Some say the president declared the country his and took it home. Some say the country was wild turkeys waddling under the blind blue sky, deer leaping into the foliage, but hunters dispatched them into the next world. Some say that even though hundreds of trucks cranked their winches, the…
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how do you truly win in life? by Bogdan Dragos
All this time spent struggling against dreams a goddamned lifetime He’d fall asleep and the darkness that fell around him would manifest as one being that would hold him tight in her embrace and bite at random from his flesh and tear until there’d be nothing left but pure pain…
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