Behind the Moon
Madison Smartt Bell
“Jamal dozed in the green twilight of the hospital room, listening to the click and burble of machines, the steady whisper of Julie’s breathing.”
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The Awkward Age
Francesca Segal
“Though Pamela had not grown up with Thanksgiving, as a hostess she had nonetheless managed to capture its essence.”
The Hotel
Véronique Bizot (trans. Youna Kwak)
“I think you weren’t there when, having finished dinner in the hotel restaurant, the young couple went back up to their room to find half a dozen rats running around in every direction.”
Little Sister
Barbara Gowdy
“From her office above the Regal Repertory Theater, Rose Bowan watched a Coke can roll down the sidewalk across the street.”
A Good Country
Laleh Khadivi
“It was Matthews’s idea to wear skirts, blue and green sarongs with block patterns on them.”
Isadora
Amelia Gray
“The ferryman used a javelin to shove off the stone, and the two of us held the rail until we got going.”
“A New Mohawk”
Chavisa Woods
“Most of the Mohawks in America are unincorporated territories, areas that lie outside of any municipality or township.”
“A Night Out”
Joshua Ferris
“Tom and Sophie waited twenty minutes in a ripe sauna for a transfer at West fourth."
Ernesto
Umberto Saba (trans. Estelle Gilson)
““What’s with you? Tired?” “Pissed.” “About what?” “The boss! Dirty bloodsucker—a florin and a half to load and unload two carts.”
Autumn
Ali Smith
“It was the worst of times, it was the worst of times. Again. That’s the thing about things. They fall apart, always have, always will, it’s in their nature. So an old old man washes up on a shore.”
The New Year’s Tree
Mikhail Zoshchenko, translated by Ross Ufberg
“This year I turned forty, friends. Turns out, I’ve seen forty New Year’s Trees. That’s a lot! I guess the first three years of life I didn’t really know what a New Year’s Tree was. I guess Mama took me by the hand. And I guess, with my little black eyes I looked with disinterest at the decorated tree.”
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