Featured writer |  Ryūnosuke Akutagawa (1892-1927) is considered the father of the Japanese short story. He was born in Tokyo. Sadly, he committed suicide at the age of 35. We feature one of his most famous stories, Rashomon. It is an evocative tale of a lowly servant who steals the kimono from an old woman. |
The Lion and the Hyena
A story set in 1980s Nigeria Muhammed lay quiet in the corner of his cell when police chief Chuwungu and ...
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“The Doctor”
This story begins in the gas-lit and fog-covered alleys of Victorian London. There are prostitutes in the night along the ...
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Greener Pastures
1. From the village "Kosisochukwu my son!" Ozioma called repeatedly as she ran along a slightly dangling narrow bamboo bridge ...
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“The Garden Hose”
I have suspected my neighbor of using my garden hose without my permission for many years, perhaps even 20. Of ...
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“The Rose Of Sokna”
"The Rose Of Sokna: Another Adventure in the Sahara" by Karl May (1842-1912) (Published here with the permission of the ...
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“An Unequal Marriage”
"An Unequal Marriage" by Vicente Riva Palacio (1832-1896) (published here with the permission of the translator, Toshiya Kamei) It was ...
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“A Balloon Seller”
"A Balloon Seller" by Takane Kiuchi (published here with the permission of the translator, Toshiya Kamei) n a certain town ...
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The Detective
by Rabindranath Tagore (adapted from a translation posted at YouthAffairZ, an online Magazine) am a police detective. I have only ...
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“Rashomon”
"Rashōmon" by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa (translated by René Malenfant) It happened one evening. A lowly servant was under Rashōmon Gate, waiting ...
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New Nepalese Rats
Two rats met outside the drain hole. One rat said to the other, “Ratty, do you know something?” “What?” asked ...
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Children of the World Unite!
The best thing about critical journalism is that you get to shed light on all the world issues without solving ...
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A Political Fairytale
aaa Two politicians hit each on the head with a hammer and became mutually dependent on each other in order ...
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Ashes of Love
My love died last week, I followed her coffin across the creek, Now, she is resting in jar on my ...
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Homecoming
Moonbeams across the silent sea, silvery mist glides through the woody valley in my memory, to the house where I ...
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When history is made
Hidden in the shadow of Napoleon’s stallion, a mother cries and a father despairs. Grand schemes and trampling boots intrude ...
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The Jukebox
The last man at the end of time must have an infinite jukebox. The wind is dead, the stars faded, ...
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The Cynic in Extremis
by Jacob M. Appel You could never put one over on my uncle. He whiffed the treachery in Girl Scouts, ...
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RMS Lusitania Departs for Liverpool
by Jacob M. Appel Through a sea of bowlers and boaters and crinoline Glide the notables—stoop-shouldered Vanderbilt; Saurian, moon-crowned Frohman, drawing ...
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