FICTION: Bounce House

/ Terence Hannum / Fiction
I. I like being Stella’s dad. I don’t get to be him that much. I’m […]

FICTION: Hole in the Head

/ Oliver Zarandi / Fiction
I woke up in the streets again. It was becoming a common occurrence for me, […]

FICTION: The Face

/ Sunil Sharma / Fiction
It was a face that looked familiar. We were seated in buses on opposite sides […]

FICTION: Philomela

/ Andy West / Fiction
She says she recognises my capacity for love. I feel hunger, the body’s expression of […]

FICTION: Minded

/ Ryan Chang / Fiction
I. The writer is positive that his sentences have been previously erased. For sure the […]

FICTION: Picnic

/ Johanna Wright / Fiction
The tablecloth comes first, a sheet snatched the moment the dryer tumbled to a halt. […]

FICTION: Little Mercies

/ Nishi Pulugurtha / Fiction
Anima looked at the watch. It was just about 5 am, she had to be […]

FICTION: Kismet

/ Rekha Valliappan / Fiction
‘Struck by lightning! Struck by lightning!’ —J.R.R. Tolkien When she awoke a funny looking man […]

FICTION: Silent Monk

/ Sola Saar / Fiction
At the age of 14 my sister Katrina bought two plane tickets to Thailand. She […]

FICTION: Red Koi, Gold Koi

/ Ernesto González Barnert / Fiction
“Centuries later, when only the packaging is left of a society that consumed itself, the […]

FICTION: Well

/ Vivek Nath Mishra / Fiction
During summer vacation I would go to my grandmother’s place with my mother. A village […]

FICTION: Siri in Therapy

/ Alice Hatcher / Fiction
Doctor Edgars approached the couch, as if he might shake his patient’s hand, and then […]

FICTION: Cold Spell

/ L.M. Brown / Fiction
It was after 7pm and I was in the middle of work when I remembered […]

FICTION: Nativity Scene

/ Joe Linker / Fiction
Golfers drew lots amid hoo-haazs and donnybrooks of hoopla invigorating clubhouse, foursomes crowded around round […]

FICTION: Mycelium

/ Alyssa Quinn / Fiction
We had begun to suspect there was mold in the house. “I am beginning to […]

FICTION: Home

/ Vivek Nath Mishra / Fiction
On the day of his retirement Narayan got out of bed early, before dawn. He […]

FICTION: Persian Place

/ Salma Ibrahim / Fiction
Persian Place Sitting in front of James I realised just how skinny he was in […]

FICTION: Maleficium

/ Sanjay Bheenuck / Fiction
… Oh bugger, Weavers’ up and faced with a blinding, burning dawn. Confronting the most […]

FICTION: Marina

/ Fe Orellana / Fiction
When she began to understand the medical jargon, Marina felt overwhelmed by the whiteness of the […]

FICTION: Eel Cake for Breakfast

/ Catherine Mitchell / Fiction
The night that Briony decided to raise her boyfriend from the dead it was raining. […]

FICTION: Compact Disc

/ Kyle Raymond Fitzpatrick / Fiction
The boy looks at CDs, not cassette tapes. He can hear his new CD player […]

FICTION: A Close Shave

/ Anannya Dasgupta / Fiction
Naveen devoted Sunday mornings to giving himself a close shave. After the shave, he plucked […]

FICTION: Workers of the World

/ Marcus Slease / Fiction
They are getting better about the fears of the future, but it is hard not […]

FICTION: The Station

/ Terence Hannum / Fiction
Two feet positioned like dance steps, a round location map pin, a small flame and […]

FICTION: You Have a Problem

/ Michelle D'costa / Fiction
You’re new to Bangalore, to the hostel. You want to fit in. You are an […]