The #ShortStoryoftheWeek is "Bridling" by Nadia Davids. This is weird and beautiful and poignant. It's one those stories that transforms you after reading. The irony is bitting, the juxtaposition floors, and the magic is eternal.
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February 7, 2025 at 1:11 PM
The #ShortStoryoftheWeek is "Bridling" by Nadia Davids. This is weird and beautiful and poignant. It's one those stories that transforms you after reading. The irony is bitting, the juxtaposition floors, and the magic is eternal.
www.thegeorgiareview.com/posts/bridli...
www.thegeorgiareview.com/posts/bridli...
The #ShortStoryoftheWeek is
‘The Umbrella Man’ by Siddhartha Gigoo which explores loneliness, identity and mental health. Sidd expertly poses the question of; "What are we without all the things that make us who we are?".
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‘The Umbrella Man’ by Siddhartha Gigoo which explores loneliness, identity and mental health. Sidd expertly poses the question of; "What are we without all the things that make us who we are?".
commonwealthfoundation.com/the-umbrella...
'The Umbrella Man' by Siddhartha Gigoo - Commonwealth Foundation
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January 17, 2025 at 12:33 PM
The #ShortStoryoftheWeek is
‘The Umbrella Man’ by Siddhartha Gigoo which explores loneliness, identity and mental health. Sidd expertly poses the question of; "What are we without all the things that make us who we are?".
commonwealthfoundation.com/the-umbrella...
‘The Umbrella Man’ by Siddhartha Gigoo which explores loneliness, identity and mental health. Sidd expertly poses the question of; "What are we without all the things that make us who we are?".
commonwealthfoundation.com/the-umbrella...
The #ShortStoryoftheWeek is "I Cleaned" by Kanya D’Almeida. This is beautiful and haunting and interrogates class and disability. The narrator has such a keen eye that one can only acquire from being unseen for too long.
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I Cleaned the – | Kanya D’Almeida | Granta
Overall winner of the 2021 Commonwealth Writers Short Story Prize, as well as winner for the region of Asia.
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January 10, 2025 at 7:42 AM
The #ShortStoryoftheWeek is "I Cleaned" by Kanya D’Almeida. This is beautiful and haunting and interrogates class and disability. The narrator has such a keen eye that one can only acquire from being unseen for too long.
granta.com/i-cleaned-the/
granta.com/i-cleaned-the/
The #ShortStoryoftheWeek is "Light" by Lesley Nneka Arimah. This is one of Lesley's few ultra-realisms. We watch the story unravel along with the seams of girlhood Vs parents Vs the world.
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Light | Granta
‘When Enebeli Okwara sent his girl out in the world, he did not know what the world did to daughters.’ 2015 Commonwealth Short Story Prize – regional winner for Africa.
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December 27, 2024 at 10:40 PM
The #ShortStoryoftheWeek is "Light" by Lesley Nneka Arimah. This is one of Lesley's few ultra-realisms. We watch the story unravel along with the seams of girlhood Vs parents Vs the world.
granta.com/light/
granta.com/light/
The #ShortStoryoftheWeek is "Blood is Another Word for Hunger" by Rivers Solomon. Mx. Rivers' story is a bold and ethereal recount of slavery through the lens of speculative fiction. This story will keep you on your feet.
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Blood Is Another Word for Hunger - Reactor
Anger is an energy. A young girl, a slave in the South, is presented with a moment where she can grasp for freedom, for change, for life. She grabs it with both hands, fiercely and intensely, and the ...
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December 22, 2024 at 12:11 PM
The #ShortStoryoftheWeek is "Blood is Another Word for Hunger" by Rivers Solomon. Mx. Rivers' story is a bold and ethereal recount of slavery through the lens of speculative fiction. This story will keep you on your feet.
reactormag.com/blood-is-ano...
reactormag.com/blood-is-ano...
The #ShortStoryoftheWeek is "Tiny, Meaningless Things" by Marisa Silver. Marisa utilises and utterly tranquil narrative voice to explore grief and aging. It's almost magical "watching" how this story builds up.
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
“Tiny, Meaningless Things”
“He’s only a little boy, but he’s managed to unsettle her. It has been so very long since she was unsettled.”
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December 13, 2024 at 5:44 AM
The #ShortStoryoftheWeek is "Tiny, Meaningless Things" by Marisa Silver. Marisa utilises and utterly tranquil narrative voice to explore grief and aging. It's almost magical "watching" how this story builds up.
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
The #ShortStoryoftheWeek is "Caterer Caterer" by Pemi Aguda. This is my first introduction to the stupendous brilliance of Pemi Aguda's fiction. This story is remarkable in the way it transforms the seemingly mundane into something magical.
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“CATERER, CATERER” by Pemi Aguda
Pemi Aguda writes short stories and flash fiction. Her stories have appeared in The Kalahari Review, Black Fox Literary Magazine, Prufrock Magazine, The Wrong Quarterly and the TNC anthology ‘These…
munyori.org
December 6, 2024 at 5:57 AM
The #ShortStoryoftheWeek is "Caterer Caterer" by Pemi Aguda. This is my first introduction to the stupendous brilliance of Pemi Aguda's fiction. This story is remarkable in the way it transforms the seemingly mundane into something magical.
munyori.org/writivism-20...
munyori.org/writivism-20...
The #ShortStoryoftheWeek is "The Husband Stitch" by Carmen Maria Machado. This story perfectly straddles the line between realism and speculative fiction to deliver a raw, unadulterated version of how women experience marriage and motherhood.
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The Husband Stitch | Carmen Maria Machado | Granta Magazine
‘I have heard all of the stories about girls like me, and I am unafraid to make more of them.’ Carmen Maria Machado’s ‘The Husband Stitch’.
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November 29, 2024 at 10:22 AM
The #ShortStoryoftheWeek is "The Husband Stitch" by Carmen Maria Machado. This story perfectly straddles the line between realism and speculative fiction to deliver a raw, unadulterated version of how women experience marriage and motherhood.
granta.com/the-husband-...
granta.com/the-husband-...
The #ShortStoryoftheWeek is "The English Man" by Douglas Stuart. Douglas explores a topical issue of (economic) power and age dynamics in gay relationships. You can read it here:
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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“The Englishman”
“His eyes travelled up my bare leg as it emerged from the sleep-twisted sheets. I pretended to be asleep.”
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November 22, 2024 at 12:21 PM
The #ShortStoryoftheWeek is "The English Man" by Douglas Stuart. Douglas explores a topical issue of (economic) power and age dynamics in gay relationships. You can read it here:
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
The #ShortStoryoftheWeek is "The Dishwashing Women" by Tryphena Yeboah. Ms. Yeboah weaves a searing tale that explores migration (physical and emotional), friendship, motherhood, and class. The language is lyrical and crisp.
www.narrativemagazine.com/issues/fall-...
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November 15, 2024 at 4:16 PM
The #ShortStoryoftheWeek is "The Dishwashing Women" by Tryphena Yeboah. Ms. Yeboah weaves a searing tale that explores migration (physical and emotional), friendship, motherhood, and class. The language is lyrical and crisp.
www.narrativemagazine.com/issues/fall-...
www.narrativemagazine.com/issues/fall-...