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A Beheading
Mohsin Hamid
‘The words are just dribbling out of my mouth. I can’t stop them. They’re like tears.’
The Dog of Ṭeṭvāl
Saadat Hasan Manto
‘For some time now, the two sides had been entrenched in their positions on the front.’
The War Artist
Margaret Luongo
‘On the third day, the little rosebud teacups rattled in their saucers as the war artist poured the coffee.’
The Report
Jessica Francis Kane
‘She was both scared about what it meant – a terrible raid; everyone sensed it – and furious with herself for not planning better.’
Missing Out
Leila Aboulela
‘She had held the day up with pegs; not only her day but his too.’
Fiction by Leila Aboulela.
Dyke Bridge
Peter Orner
‘My brother and I in the knee-deep water, standing in the tidal current, under Dyke Bridge.’
The Last Thing We Need
Claire Vaye Watkins
‘I think there will be lightning tonight; the air has that feel.’
In Goats’ Eyes is the Sky Blue?
Natsuo Kirino
‘The people locked up in Administrative Camp 16 weren’t allowed clocks. In fact there wasn’t a single clock to be found, even in communal areas.’
