Dalila (English)

Translated from the original by Noah T. Myers After the divorce, I decided to move as…

How You Mourn Zara

When she says, “Sorry for your loss.” Flash a tight smile that says; can you believe it? — I just lost my baby. I don’t know where to find her. I know where her body is, but she’s no longer in it.

THE RECYCLING AT ISAIAH GARDENS

Do not. Do not, I repeat, throw trash in the cans in front of Building…

Water

The day the baby arrived, it rained so hard the streets flooded and the taxi…

Concerning the Sea Stars

MONDAY 3:27 PM MONDAY 4:13 PM MONDAY 4:20 PM MONDAY 5:01 PM ~ TUESDAY 3:18…

The Bank of Paradise

Truths yet to be known, that: If the dead can indeed wake up, there’s only…

Last-Last Resignation

1st March 2017 Lusaka. Madam, Re: Resignation – Prisca Banda Madam, many months now, you…

Escape

Ivan was the one who put the thought into her head. She would have been…

The Wall in English and Turkish by Sabahattin Ali, translated by Aysel K. Basci

For a long time, I stayed in a prison by the sea surrounded by ramparts.…

Quimbamba by Yolanda Arroyo Pizarro, translated by Lawrence Schimel

I. The plain truth is that was the bitch’s name: Quimbamba. My brother showed up…