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Arts & Culture, Editor's Pick, Fiction, Reviews, Translations
SEA OF EDEN
A love letter to humanity and nature, art and culture.
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BOOK REVIEW: SALT CRYSTALS
An uncompromising new voice from San Andres that describes a magical, transcendent place.
Arts & Culture, Editor's Pick, Fiction, Literature, Reviews, Translations
BOOK REVIEW: LET NO-ONE SLEEP
Sometimes, a larger-than-life bird woman is all a book needs.
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BOOK REVIEW: HERE BE ICEBERGS
Katya Adaui sexamines the tangled knot of everyday ties that bind us – for better or worse.
Arts & Culture, Editor's Pick, Literature, Reviews
BOOK REVIEW: THE WONDERS
Every part of our lives becomes a story one day
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 ...
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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 ...
Digital Subscriptions, Fiction, Litro #94: Spain
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 ...
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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 towels for ...
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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 ...
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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 mine. I ...
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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 ...
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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. That’s just how ...