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Tag Archives: short fiction
“Leibnitz and the Transcendence of Love in Polynesia.”
“The Fifth Story” by Clarice Lispector translated by Giovanni Pontiero This story could be called “The Statues.” Another possible title would be “The Killing.” Or even “How to Kill Cockroaches.” So I shall tell at least three stories, all of … Continue reading
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Tagged Brazil, Clarice Lispector, novelists, short fiction, Ukraine
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Reading Chekov as the world burns
“Reading Chekhov was just like the angels singing to me.” — Eudora Welty, 1977 One of Russia’s greatest writers, Anton Chekhov began his career writing jokes and anecdotes for popular magazines … Continue reading
the world is exceedingly complex for the simplicity of men.
“Inferno I, 32” — Jorge Luis Borges In the following short story, originally published in 1955, Borges remarks on the use of a leopard in the first canto of The Divine Comedy. What follows is, characteristic of Borges’ short prose, … Continue reading
Kafka is not buried here
“Frog in Prague” by Stephen Dixon They stand still. “And Kafka?” Howard says. “Kafka is not buried here.” “No? Because I thought—what I mean is the lady at my hotel’s tourist information desk—the Intercontinental over there—and also the one who … Continue reading
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Tagged Franz Kafka, Prague, short fiction
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who gives up a cherished habit?
“Hell” by Virgilio Piñera translated by Mark Schaffer When we are children, hell is nothing more than the devil’s name on our parent’s lips. Later, this notion becomes more complicated, and we toss in our beds through the interminable … Continue reading
Short Stories for Flyers
I have run across some of the magical little short story dispensers over the years, but never one in an airport. For the last year, the Wichita, Kansas Public Library has installed one of their three machines in the Wichita … Continue reading
Making Do
“Making Do” by Italo Calvino translated by Tim Parks There was a town where everything was forbidden. Now, since the only thing that wasn’t forbidden was the game tip-cat, the town’s subjects used to assemble on meadows behind the town … Continue reading
“A Society of Scoundrels”
“A Society of Scoundrels” by Franz Kafka Translated by Michael Hofmann There was once a society of scoundrels, or rather not scoundrels per se, just ordinary, average people. They always stuck together. When one of them had perpetrated some rascally … Continue reading
Very Short Stories
I’m hooked on the ultra short sci-fi stories on Twitter, @smllwrlds is publishing a new tiny illustrated sci-fi story every day of 2023. Try it and you will be hooked too.
everything at heaven’s gate is broken up into its component parts
“A Society of Scoundrels” by Franz Kafka Translated by Michael Hofmann There was once a society of scoundrels, or rather not scoundrels per se, just ordinary, average people. They always stuck together. When one of them had perpetrated some rascally … Continue reading
