By Allison Grimaldi-Donahue

MARIE ANTOINETTE

/ Kate Millar / Fiction
I saw Marie Antoinette riding the subway yesterday. The honest-to-god queen of France. You might […]

Str8, No Chaser

/ Agnese Roda and Nick Hadikwa Mwaluko / Queer Translation
I’m doing research on women before my transition into manhood. I figure a new body […]

A translator’s friend request

rose, the wily thistle

CACTUSES IN MOTION //

The Rain

/ by Abdellah Taïa translated by Emma Ramadan & Chris Clarke / Queer Translation
Hell, literally.   Summer had lasted too long that year. It was February and, nearly […]

FLOTILLA TO THE WEDDING

/ Avee Chaudhuri / Fiction
White Andrew and Marie were going to be married on a private island in Quatsino […]

Signs in the earth

/ Clíodhna Walsh / Fiction
Their new bungalow was not far from the park, and in the evenings they would […]

Okay, alright

/ Madeline Weiss / Fiction
“Have you ever seen Capote?” I took a sip of my wine. “That’s the one […]

My Violet Hour

/ Daniel R. Adler / Fiction
The sky was purple when I woke from a dreamless sleep, so different from the […]

G_____

/ Ansgar Allen / Fiction
  I sit among the books and scraps of books he arrived with. G_____ he […]

Mars, 1887

/ Adam McOmber / Fiction
The sky is dark. The sun is dark. Rusted hills stand in a half-circle. They […]

Cat

/ Steven Earnshaw / Fiction
From that social stock Ash repeats ‘I can see you’re angry’.

Cut One, Cut Out.

/ Jim Meirose / Fiction
I really have to be moving on— No, no—no, you got to hear it to […]

DEHISCENCE

/ Tetman Callis / Fiction
I am tired of myself and I will starve myself into submission. But first, I […]

The Triangle

/ Zoe Goldstein / Fiction
  I.   The Aunt allowed the girl one pleasure: half a glass of Coca-Cola […]

Only Lilian

/ Ilana Masad / Fiction
Lilian likes to say things about herself. She likes to say she is a dreamer. […]

One of Those Nights

/ Rebecca Hannigan / Fiction
One of Those Nights / It is one of those nights when you are lying […]

Mr. Girard Strikes Again

/ Luke Kokoszka / Fiction
Anger is what you feel. No sympathy, no compassion, no understanding. You feel anger, and […]

Carrieanne & The Old Voice

/ Sean Whiteman / Fiction
    Carrieanne is a ten year-old portion of the American Pie. Her golden locks […]

Naomi

/ Ellen Chai / Fiction
  I Today is the birth and death day of my daughter, Naomi. The year, […]

Yellow Water

/ David Henson / Fiction
Every night, before I can get any sleep myself, I slip into the rooms of […]

After Hours

/ Julia Horwitz / Fiction
Motor oil dripping off the dinner plate should have stained my dress. The fitted blue […]