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The Nonce
Alison Rumfitt
‘He’ll be a goner soon; the cops will find him hanging in his loo.’
Fiction by Alison Rumfitt.
The Golden Bough
Salman Rushdie
‘The same face. At every interview the same bland features. It could not be – but it was.’
Midnight’s Children
Salman Rushdie
‘He resolved never again to kiss earth for any god or man.’
An extract from Salman Rushdie’s Midnight’s Children.
At the Auction of the Ruby Slippers
Salman Rushdie
‘The bidders who have assembled for the auction of the magic slippers bear little resemblance to your usual saleroom.’
The Barn at The End of Our Term
Karen Russell
‘Eleven of the stabled horses are, as far as Rutherford can ascertain, former presidents of the United States of America.’
St Lucy’s Home for Girls Raised by Wolves
Karen Russell
‘Sister Josephine tasted like sweat and freckles. She smelled easy to kill.’
Fishing with Wussy
Richard Russo
‘Until I was six I thought of my father the way I thought of ‘my heavenly father’, whose existence was a matter of record, but who was, practically speaking, absent and therefore irrelevant.’
Canopy
Naben Ruthnum
‘We think of L’Auberge as more of a sanatorium than a rehab. Certainly not as a mental hospital.’ Fiction from Naben Ruthrum.
Common Whipping
Naben Ruthnum
A young film composer turns to prostitution in a short story by Naben Ruthnum, set in a Rome of the early 1970s.
Athena Sees Good Things for You
Patrick Ryan
‘Dear X1, the first document began, On X2, as X3 moves into X4, I want you to turn X5 years into golden wealth.’
