Saturday, 31 December 2022
A Present Past. Short Stories by Sergei Lebedev.
A Present Past: Titan and Other Chronicles
Short Stories by Sergei Lebedev
Translated by Antonina W. Bouis
Sunday, 4 December 2022
What You Need from the Night by Laurent Petitmangin
What You Need from the Night
by Laurent Petitmangin
Translated by Shaun Whiteside
The Private Lives of Trees by Alejandro Zambra
The Private Lives of Trees
by Alejandro Zambra
Translated by Megan McDowell
Monday, 28 November 2022
Sunday, 27 November 2022
The Birthday Party by Laurent Mauvignier
The Birthday Party
(Histoires de la Nuit)
by Laurent Mauvignier
Translated by Daniel Levin Becker
Sunday, 6 November 2022
Monday, 31 October 2022
Sunday, 30 October 2022
Sunday, 9 October 2022
Seven Empty Houses by Samanta Schweblin
Seven Empty Houses
by Samanta Schweblin
Translated by Megan McDowell
Tuesday, 4 October 2022
Monday, 3 October 2022
Tuesday, 27 September 2022
The Saint Perpetuus Club of Buenos Aires by Eric Stener Carlson
The Saint Perpetuus Club of Buenos Aires
by Eric Stener Carlson
Saturday, 24 September 2022
Ancient Sorceries by Algernon Blackwood
Ancient Sorceries
by Algernon Blackwood
Pushkin Press Deluxe Edition
Sunday, 11 September 2022
Saturday, 10 September 2022
Sunday, 28 August 2022
L-Ittra ta’ Osama u Stejjer Oħra by John P. Portelli
L-Ittra ta' Osama u Stejjer Oħra(Osama's Letter and Other Stories)
by John P. Portelli
Monday, 22 August 2022
Tuesday, 16 August 2022
Wednesday, 10 August 2022
Tuesday, 9 August 2022
At the Breakfast Table by Defne Suman
At the Breakfast Table
by Defne Suman
Translated by Betsy Göksel
Stories are never forgotten, Sadik, they merely stay silent inside us, that’s all. The time comes, some pressure is exerted, the passages open, and the past flows into the present.
Thursday, 4 August 2022
Thursday, 28 July 2022
Monday, 25 July 2022
Sunday, 24 July 2022
Punishment by Ferdinand von Schirach
Punishment
by Ferdinand von Schirach
(translated from the German by Katharina Hall)
Thursday, 21 July 2022
Wednesday, 20 July 2022
Our Share of Night by Mariana Enríquez
Our Share of Night
by Mariana Enríquez
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Wednesday, 29 June 2022
The Northern Silence: Journeys in Nordic Music & Culture by Andrew Mellor
The Northern Silence
Journeys in Nordic Music and Culture
by Andrew Mellor
Sunday, 19 June 2022
Sunday, 12 June 2022
Clash of Civilizations Over an Elevator in Piazza Vittorio by Amara Lakhous
Clash of Civilisations Over
an Elevator in Piazza Vittorio
by Amara Lakhous
Translated by Ann Goldstein
Sunday, 5 June 2022
Sunday, 29 May 2022
Tuesday, 17 May 2022
From the Abyss: Weird Fiction 1907 - 1945 by D.K. Broster
From the Abyss: Weird Fiction 1907 - 1945
by D.K. Broster
Edited by Melissa Edmundson
Thursday, 12 May 2022
Monday, 9 May 2022
Verklärte Nacht - a short story in Maltese
Verklärte Nacht
I occasionally feature on this blog some of my writings in Maltese... such as this short story. Verklärte Nacht was first published on the Facebook page of the literary organisation Għaqda tal-Malti - Universita' after a Valentine's Day call for writings on the theme of love. It is a ghost story of sorts, whose protagonist is haunted by the spirit of his ex-lover who, in a departure from the tropes of the genre, is still very much alive… The illustration is by Pascal Campion whose contemporary pop-inspired works I really love.
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Sunday, 1 May 2022
A Village in the Third Reich by Julia Boyd with Angelika Patel
A Village in the Third Reich
by Julia Boyd
with Angelika Patel
Sunday, 24 April 2022
Tell Me About It by Sacha Naspini
Tell Me About It
by Sacha Naspini
(Translated from the Italian by Clarissa Botsford)
Monday, 18 April 2022
"Tell Me the Truth About Love: 13 Tales from Couples Therapy" by Susanna Abse
Tell Me the Truth About Love
by Susanna Abse
Saturday, 16 April 2022
Tuesday, 12 April 2022
Saturday, 2 April 2022
Thursday, 31 March 2022
Monday, 28 March 2022
The Outcast and The Rite: Stories of Landscape and Fear 1925 – 1938 by Helen de Guerry Simpson
The Outcast and The Rite:
Stories of Landscape and Fear 1925 – 1938
by Helen de Guerry Simpson
edited by Melissa Edmundson
Saturday, 19 March 2022
Wednesday, 9 March 2022
All the Lovers in the Night by Mieko Kawakami
All the Lovers in the Night
by Mieko Kawakami
Translated by Sam Bett and David Boyd
Tuesday, 8 March 2022
Saturday, 26 February 2022
The Woman from Uruguay by Pedro Mairal
