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BOOK REVIEW: EMPTY HOUSES
Brenda Navarro’s Empty Houses reviewed
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Shoreditch House Literary Salon
Everyone else has book clubs—Shoreditch House have a Literary Salon. The Salon lures the world’s best writers to London to read to you from their latest greatest works. Previous guests have ...
Nina Melero: Spanish “Horror” Short Story Writer
I think that horror has traditionally been considered a “minor” genre, especially in Spain. Sometimes we seem to forget that horror is one of the oldest genres in the history ...
Dirty Intentions by Nina Melero
Hello, I’m eighteen years old and I feel damp. I live in the green house on Love of God Street. I’m the bathtub mildew.
I used to ...
Nightmares at the European Bookshop
Litro has always had a keen interest in short fiction in languages other than English, as well as stories from other cultures. We’re not entirely averse to the darker side ...
Attractions by Víctor García Tur
Translated by Patricia Seta
“In Blow-up I used my head instinctively!”
Michelangelo Antonioni.
“In the centre of the picture, just under the surface”
Margaret Atwood, This is a Photograph of Me
You see ...
From Stone in a Landslide by Maria Barbal
Translated by Laura McGloughlin and Paul Mitchell
The rattling of the engine made me drowsy, but I was wide awake. I wasn’t dreaming now. On one side Elvira, on the other ...
murrai is pondering… by Antón R Reixa
murrai is pondering a profound study on
ignorance but does not want to devote himself to writing it
until he acquires greater general unknowledge
yes yes the paper ...
Bodyguard by Xurxo Borrazas
Translated by John Rutherford
‘Attack the seagulls’ nest,’ a man’s voice repeated on the intercom. ‘Attack the seagulls’ nest.’
‘The seagulls’ nest?’ he tried to confirm. ‘That’d be the fourth day running, ...
Dandy by Lois Pereiro
The mirror of elegance before my eyes
and my eyelids sleep a sinewy sleep
in liquid lines of the expressions etched
on a face of cruelty close to ...
The Mattress by Harkaitz Cano
Translated by Elizabeth Macklin and Linda White
The roof of the trailer was patched with green asbestos shingles and the dingy interior was filled nearly wall to wall by a large ...
Two poems from Edward Hopper by Ernest Farrés
Railroad Train, 1908
No sooner is the caboose
out of sight than they’ve
already forgotten you.
It’s like losing clout or taking
a load off their minds. ...