Fiction

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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 Barrister

At an undisclosed time in British history, there lived a 14 year old boy with undiagnosed, but mild autism who ...
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The Old Major and his Dog

There lived an old retired major in the hills of central Europe. No one knew in which armies he had ...
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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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Rabindranath Tagore

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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A Hollywood script is a venereal disease

Let us take the hypothetical case of the transvestite Hungarian biker who lives in a motor-home near San Diego. He ...
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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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Vacation

(the author’s own translation from Norwegian) The landscape is empty, free from demands, opinions and commentary. No bureaucrats lurk in ...
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Vampire

(the author’s own translation from Norwegian) Moist like blood a signaling parasite behind the swaying roof of the forest, flapping ...
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Wanderers

by Michael Wynn (the author’s own translation from Norwegian) They toil the inaccessible paths to find themselves, not to become ...
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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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DISTORTIA

by Joshua Kwesi Knowlife Jumbled up unto one board All reality in a collage Thoughts hanging in doubt Feelings semi-deep ...
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