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Here Comes the Miracle
Anna Beecher
‘They so wanted to be the grown-ups still.’
An excerpt from Anna Beecher’s debut novel, shortlisted for the Sunday Times Young Writer Award 2021.
Violets
Alex Hyde
‘There was the enamel pail of blood. She couldn’t think what she had done with it.’
An excerpt from Alex Hyde’s debut novel.
The Colony
Audrey Magee
‘Imagine that, said Mairéad. A Frenchman and an Englishman squabbling over our turf.’
A linguist and a painter clash in this excerpt from The Colony by Audrey Magee.
In a Jar
Morgan Talty
‘It was a glass jar filled with hair and corn and teeth. The teeth were white with a tint of yellow at the root.’
A story by Morgan Talty.
Nights at the Hotel Splendido
Sam Munson
‘Everybody’s face looks different at night, especially outside. You see their real faces.’
A new story by Sam Munson.
From Another World
Evelina Santangelo
An excerpt from the novel From Another World, translated from the Italian by Ruth Clarke.
Earthlings
Sayaka Murata
An excerpt from Earthlings, translated from the Japanese by Ginny Tapley Takemori.
The Infinite Room
Claudia Durastanti
‘My life as a writer depends on irony and metaphor, and my parents are horrified and alienated by both.’
Translated from the Italian by Elizabeth Harris.
Double Date
Sasha Fletcher
‘Off in the distance, the landlords laughed and laughed and laughed and laughed!’
An excerpt from the new novel by Sasha Fletcher.
Signal
Zakia Uddin
‘I had begun to google the therapist reflexively whenever I was bored.’
A short story by Zakia Uddin.
Pose
Ana Kinsella
‘The first time I was painted by Hannah Meehan, she spent some time arranging me into a pose that would work for her.’
A short story by Ana Kinsella.
