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When Captain Flint Was Still a Good Man | New Voices
Nick Dybek
‘We searched the horizon for returning fishermen, who arrived shaggy and greasy, telling their stories but not their secrets.’
The Boys of Karachay Lake
Angela Pelster
‘When the fish in Karachay Lake, south of the Ural Mountains, Russia, went blind, not everyone stopped eating them.’
Menu: Extinction
Sharona Muir
‘A baked mermaid, prepared, a la Julia Child, with her tail obtruding from her open mouth, and her little fried fingers presented on a mother-of-pearl comb. How would that strike you?’
Teardrop
Carol Anshaw
‘Nick didn’t kid himself that what he and Olivia had was love. It was more serious than that.’
Harold
Bonnie Nadzam
‘A rustling, then a voice, came from behind the door – the voice of a man who couldn’t be much older than I. A cousin? A secret half-brother? ‘Bloodgood.’’
Suite in Dark Matter
Erin Frances Fisher
‘When her eyes adjust to the dark she sees it is full, so full: the lights from long dead stars churn elliptics, spiral with dying vibrations and decaying harmonics.’
At The Kitchen Table
Peter Orner
‘Your husband dies, you’re a widow. There’s almost joy in it. Why not scream it? Glory.’
Preserves for Life
Olga Tokarczuk
‘He came upon one under the kitchen sink labelled ‘Shoestrings in vinegar, 2004’, and that should have alarmed him.’