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Issue 119

Enclosure

Jim Crace

‘Yes, our tomorrows will be shaped like this.’

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Animals

Michel Laub

‘I only stopped playing with him when he began biting the fingers of anyone who tried to pet him.’

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Violeta

Miguel Del Castillo

‘As if they longed to dive in but somehow couldn’t manage to.’

Issue 121

Blazing Sun

Tatiana Salem Levy

‘It’s never easy to trade one love for another.’

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Evo Morales

Ricardo Lísias

‘Loneliness also makes our victories melancholy.’

Issue 121

Every Tuesday

Carola Saavedra

‘A stranger may well function as a projection screen.’

Issue 121

Lettuce Nights

Vanessa Barbara

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

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Teresa

Cristhiano Aguiar

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

Issue 121

That Wind Blowing through the Plaza

Laura Erber

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

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The Count

Leandro Sarmatz

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

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The Dinner

Julián Fuks

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

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A Temporary Stay

Emilio Fraia

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

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Valdir Peres, Juanito and Poloskei

Antonio Prata

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

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Tomorrow, upon Awakening

Antônio Xerxenesky

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

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