Melancholy - A Collection Of Short Stories

A curated collection of short stories surrounding themes of melancholy. Some call it the black bile, some call it the blues, or weltschmerz, in all its nomenclatures, melancholy and depression are central to human experience. This collection features selected literary expressions of this universal condition, woven by authors from all cultures and spanning all periods.

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Poland

Andrzej Stasiuk

Grandmother and the Ghosts

atmospheric - family - ghosts - melancholy - old age

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Venezuela

Liliana Lara

Silver Pistols

alienation - female authors - relationships - the outskirts

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Israel

Yitzhak Laor

Meningitis

atmospheric - father and son - soldiers

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Palestine

Sheikha Hussein Helawy

R.A. Looks for his Eyes

dark - loneliness - love - mother and daughter - surreal

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David Constantine

Asylum

coming of age - depression - writing

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USA

Michael Cunningham

A Wild Swan

fairy-tale - melancholy - speculative - witty

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Israel

Gadi Taub

Coffee

contemplative - death - father and son

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USA

Maxim Loskutoff

End Times

animals - melancholy - relationships

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Israel

Yehudit Hendel

Apples in Honey

death - melancholy - memories - tragic love

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Spain

Margarita Leoz

Second Residence

family - melancholy - memories

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USA

Breece D'J Pancake

Time and Again

fatherhood - memories - suspense - the outskirts

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Argentina

Matías Capelli

You’re Only Bleeding

alienation - family - loneliness - relationships

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