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Two Tides
Eleanor Catton
‘The harbour at Mana was a converted mudflat, tightly elbowed and unlovely at any tide but high.’
American Subsidiary
William Pierce
‘He was typing up another proposal for robots that would replace human workers in an engine factory.’
Dragon Island | New Voices
Laura Fellowes
‘This is a wartime story. It is the spring of 1943 and Europe is burning; look down and see.’
Original Message
Austin Grossman
‘So tomorrow we might be on the same side. Unless you’re a triple agent, in which case we already were on the same side.’
The Silkworms
Janet Frame
‘Nothing has changed, Edgar said. What new event is written into their history? None. Where is their future? Nowhere. Are they against or for progress? It was dark when Edgar took the box outside down to the rubbish heap and sprinkled the dead moths upon the ashes of the diseased pawpaw.’ Janet Frame on an unsettling natural process.
The Destiny of Nathalie X
William Boyd
’I once heard a theory about this town, this place where we work and wrangle, where we swindle and swive‘.
Call If You Need Me
Raymond Carver
‘She watched me as I wrote out a cheque for the three months’ rent. Later, back at the motel, in bed, she lay with her hand on her forehead and said, “I envy your wife.”’
Fiction by Raymond Carver.
