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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Canada

Dean Gessie

Cicada

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Morocco

Latifa Labsir

Ladybird

marriage - passion - relationships - women oppression

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Palestine

Ziad Khadash

Karim the Romantic, Bather of the Dead

arabic literature - death - existentialism - funny

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Argentina

Federico Falco

Ballet

alienation - Latin America - psychological - surreal - writing

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Sudan

Mansour Mohammad El Souwaim

Jabir Sabeel

absurd - arabic literature - political - surreal

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Unknown Author

The Visit

arabic literature - childhood - introspective - memories

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USA

Rachel A. Levine

Ain’t No Word But Lonely

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Israel

Deakla Keydar

Safe Zone

family - marriage - parenthood - relationships

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Israel

Edna Shemesh

And The Sea Is Not Full

coming of age - family - holocaust

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USA

Isabella Connor

The Castle in the Woods

atmospheric - ghosts - mystery - suspense

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Mexico

Fernanda Melchor

The UFO, The Beach, and The Dead

childhood - coming of age - irony - Latin America

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Sweden

Andrea Lundgren

The Father Hole

childhood - coming of age - father and daughter - horror - violence

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