Contemporary - A Collection Of Short Stories

A curated collection of contemporary short stories from around the world. Here you'll find titles and authors reaching from post World War II to the current day, handpicked to represent a comprehensive picture of the cultural, social and political zeitgeist from all ends of the globe.

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Israel

Ayman Sikseck

To Jaffa

Arab-Israeli - political - speculative

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France

Thierry Horguelin

The Man in the Yellow Parka

funny - mystery - suspense

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Mexico

Álvaro Enrigue

Outrage

funny - manhood - murder - nihilism - violence - working class

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Croatia

Želimir Periš

Greetings from Dalmatia

absurd - death - horror - rape - suspense

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Chile

Kato Ramone

Mitigation

alienation - philosophy - speculative - urban

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Canada

Théodora Armstrong

The Spider in the Jar

childhood - female authors - funny - witty

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USA

Emily Brout

The Parts Where Your Pee Comes From

coming of age - female authors - LGBT - witty

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USA

Miranda July

Roy Spivey

American culture - atmospheric - funny - witty

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Russia

Viktor Pelevin

The Origin of Species

absurd - funny - philosophy - speculative - witty

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India

Manju Kapur

Chocolate

affair - female authors - feminism - fetishism - funny

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Israel

Tamar Merin

What You Looking at?

alienation - angst - motherhood - witty

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Gaza

Talal Abu Shawish

Red Lights

Israeli-Palestinian - political

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