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Lettuce Nights

Vanessa Barbara

‘When Ada died, the wash hadn’t dried yet.‘

Teresa

Cristhiano Aguiar

‘They rise up into the sky, like vultures.’

That Wind Blowing through the Plaza

Laura Erber

‘I didn’t go for the dental treatment, or for the gypsy dancing’

The Count

Leandro Sarmatz

‘There was a touch of magic in surviving all that.’

The Dinner

Julián Fuks

‘Sebastián can do nothing but seek refuge in his dinner plate.’

A Temporary Stay

Emilio Fraia

‘There doesn’t seem to be any cause and effect.’

Valdir Peres, Juanito and Poloskei

Antonio Prata

‘The only path to tread, from now on, was downward.’

Tomorrow, upon Awakening

Antônio Xerxenesky

‘He more than anybody else needs to define his symbols for the year to com.’

Rat Fever

Javier Arancibia Contreras

‘Everything around me, myself included, is warm and sticky.’

Far from Ramiro

Chico Mattoso

‘Through the eyes of the intruder, Ramiro saw the invasion of his own space.’

Before the Fall

J.P. Cuenca

‘Is it possible to run away without being a coward?’

Lion

Luisa Geisler

‘The better they were at escaping, the quicker, more daring they were, the harder the cat chased them.’

Still Life

Vinicius Jatobá

‘You see the house and its time, the house and the house alone, though your secrets, your fears and silences still exist there, locked away behind the denseness of the closed doors’

Apnoea

Daniel Galera

‘I could make you promise much worse things.’ Daniel Galera muses on unknown family histories.