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

Maribeth Mundell

Evel Knievel

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USA

Jeannean Walker

Invisible

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USA

Hilary Sigismondi

My Sister

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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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Colombia

Giuseppe Caputo

Like Hunger, Like Love

absurd - homosexuality - mother and son - psychological - relationships - surreal

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Palestine

Naji Daher

Nightly Lament

arabic literature - death - marriage - relationships - surreal - violence

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Spain

María Fernanda Ampuero

Nam

America - coming of age - father and daughter - friendship - sexuality - trauma - war

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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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