Contemporary – Page 5 – The Short Story Project

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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Tunisia

Shukri al-Mabkhout

Baganda (A chapter from a novel)

arabic literature - irony - secret - sport - suspense

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Morocco

Samir Salmi

Black Cats

arabic literature - atmospheric - horror - religion

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Tunisia

Maha Jouini

The Last Arab Man

arabic literature - female authors - manhood - romance - witty

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Spain

Alejandro Morellón

In Praise of the Hurricane

absurd - allegory - atmospheric - contemplative - psychological - suburbia - violence

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Israel

Hisham Naffa

The Shoe

atmospheric - contemplative - introspective - loneliness - melancholy

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USA

Alan S. Falkingham

The Lonely Magpie

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Argentina

Martín Felipe Castagnet

Inside Outdoors

allegory - contemplative - death - sci-fi - surreal - technology

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Uruguay

Fernanda Trías

The Return

atmospheric - family - Latin America - mystery - suspense

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Iraq

Samuel Shimon

Two Royalists in Quatorze Juillet (a chapter from “An Iraqi in Paris”)

arabic literature - colonialism - existentialism - lovers - political - sexuality

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Spain

Recaredo Veredas

My Father’s Ties

father and son - funny - irony - office life - psychological

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Iraq

Adham Adel

Extinction

allegory - arabic literature - introspective - murder - violence

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Spain

Margarita Leoz

What We’ve Become

childhood - female authors - funny - irony - revenge

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