“I have one eye trained on the volcanic mountain…” Today’s #EssaySaturday is “The Current Unrest” by Kaitlin Solimine.
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“It was there, at the top of the hill, that I came across the 42 men.” Today’s #FlashFriday piece is “42 Men at a Cemetery” by Elizabeth Wadsworth Ellis.
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A reflection on childhood, family, and the ties that lead us to commit heartbreaking acts… Our latest #Podcast is “The Boat Ride” by Jane Downs.
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2023 Man Booker Long listed Perumal Murugan’s original short story first published in Litro in 2018, was the first ever story translated from Tamil into English by V. Geetha.
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Cover Art by Mario Loprete
Contents:
Editor’s Letter by Eric Akoto
Notes from a reader M. M. De ...
“The earth is particularly bright tonight, with Antarctica shining right at us.” Today’s #TuesdayTales piece is “The Line of Totality” by Georgia Symons.
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“That night, as the man tossed in knotted bedsheets, the corpse took root.” Today’s #StorySunday is “By Their Fruits Shall Ye Know Them” by John Steciuk. ...
“But Julia grew, and in a way, so did Jean again…” Today’s #TuesdayTales piece is “This Spring, We Grow Again” by Christopher DiCicco.
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How to comprehend our own sexual complexities before they inevitably seep into the characters we wish to convey? How not to get it wrong? Must we confine ourselves to what ...
“Those strange clay hills eroded by wind and the merciless breath of hidden gods…” Our latest #StorySunday is “Craco” by Greta Colombani.
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I can share this with you – you’ve been there – immersed in her, tasted her bitter dampness.
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Just in time for the week of International Women’s Day, our latest Podcast is the funny and life-affirming “Midwest Wimmin’s Festival 1987”, beautifully read by Sage Tyrtle.
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“Scott had never stayed in a suite before…” Today’s #TuesdayTales piece is “The Hesitant” by David Micklem.
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“I noticed the way his face got a little bit ugly when he talked about money.” Today’s #StorySunday is “A Very Small Man” by Claire Maxwell. ...
I briefly look up from my frantic journaling, glancing at the cloud cover out the window.
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I realize a lioness is circling me. She crouches and we lock eyes.
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“It had been a modest affair, catered at home.” Today’s #TuesdayTales piece is “A Fox in Resulata” by Elizabeth Kiem.
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An experimental piece that questions the idea of home, today’s #StorySunday is “Confessions of a Serial Migrant” by Sabyn Javeri.
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I elongated vowels, chewed on consonants until I read world-building sentences.
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A father and daughter witness the underlying details of the film ‘Sophie’s Choice’
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