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The Taxidermy Museum
Steven Dunn
‘Even dying is an attempt to approach life. That’s how I perceive taxidermy.’
The Astronaut
Christina Wood Martinez
‘I made tea while the astronaut sat at our kitchen table and gazed out the window.’
The Last Children of Tokyo
Yoko Tawada
‘Encountering a real animal – not just its name – would have set Mumei’s heart on fire.’ Translated from the Japanese by Margaret Mitsutani.
Issue
Cormac James
‘I want you to close your eyes. I want you to relax, let go. I want you to let your mind see as vividly as possible the images my words conjure up. And above all, no matter what I say, I want you to trust me.’
The Rat Snipers
Ben Lasman
‘When they stand on their hind legs, arms up, wrists limp, rats can take on a beguiling sort of personhood.’
The Kabul Markhor
Nell Zink
‘He felt very lonely after spending the winter holed up in his cabin eating Doritos.’
Web
Joy Williams
‘She was Some Pig. Her eggs easily incorporated the human genetic code. All her piglets were star patents.’
Our Lady of Mercy
André Alexis
‘I was engaged in a battle of politeness, those kindly – but ferocious – skirmishes that are so common in our country.’
Stratford Marsh
Esther Kinsky
‘Estuary English, the tongue of the river mouth, open vowels, clipped syllables that nonetheless spilled into one: I found it hard to listen to. The words snapped at my ears: malicious fish.’
