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May We Be Forgiven
A.M. Homes
‘Now I understand the meaning of — it just happened. Or — it was an accident.’
Memphis
Ellen Gilchrist
‘He drove off in her car. He was wearing a white visor, a white shirt with long sleeves. I don't believe the world I lived to see.’
Midsummer in April
Maarten ’t Hart
‘A premonition of approaching calamity deepened in the course of March to an unease that drove me almost crazy.’
Mister, Mister
Guy Gunaratne
‘It was through the telly, Mister, that I learned how my Mothers saw themselves.’
An excerpt from Mister, Mister by Guy Gunaratne.
More Afraid of You
Joshua Ferris
‘On Bainbridge Island, across the Puget Sound from Seattle, there are two modes of living: downtown and inland.’
My Biggest Insecurity About the Garden
Caoilinn Hughes
‘Pathos is suffering. But is it suffering to realize a dream, however puny?’ New fiction by Caoilinn Hughes.
My Mother’s Death Party
Ben Janse
‘When I was eleven I fell out of a tree. This is why I can see into the future.’
Naomi
Sarah Hall
‘When I was eight, my mother died and Naomi arrived.’
An excerpt from Burntcoat by Sarah Hall.
Nobody Knows What They’re Doing
Camila Fabbri
‘In that instant my sisters were two animals about to work some shit out.’
Fiction by Camila Fabbri, translated by Jennifer Croft.
Nothing But Ghosts
Judith Hermann
‘Afterwards Ellen liked to say she had once been to America but couldn't remember it very well.‘
