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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USA

Todd Pitock

And Even Higher

contemporary

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Naomi Nightingale

Nocturnal Yearnings

dark - existentialism - family - female authors

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Argentina

Alfredo Sanz

Chimi

dark humor - family - marriage

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USA

Robert Warf

NIGHTDRIVING

coming of age - drugs - nostalgia - relationships

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Israel

Zohar Elmakias

Perpetuum Mobile

contemporary - female authors - loneliness - mystery - psychological - relationships

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Slovakia

Erika Olahová

A Child

horror - mother and son - rape

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Argentina

Matías Capelli

A Centimetre or Two a Year

love - memories - relationships - witty

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Israel

Ilana Hammerman

Seeing them see the sea

contemplative - Israeli-Palestinian - political

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Israel

Tasha Karluka

Being Frosya Shneerson (Chapter 6)

coming of age - contemporary - family - female authors - funny - relationships - Soviet Russia

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Tunisia

Kamal Riahi

The Beretta Always Wins (A chapter from a novel)

arabic literature - contemporary - political - suspense

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Tunisia

Aziz Jamal Yahyawi

One of Them

allegory - arabic literature - existentialism - post apocalypse - urban - violence

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Sudan

Mohamed Hassan AL-Nahat

Broca’s Area

arabic literature

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