Michael Smith — Excerpt: From time to time during this overnight journey we passed through areas of very bright lights shining deliberately on the train. I had been warned about this before we left for Russia.
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Priceless
Arpita Bhawal — Excerpt: I’m not giving you any money to visit that shrew!
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In the Shadow of an Absence
Mojaffor Hossain, translated from the Bengali by Rituparna Mukherjee — Excerpt: Hello, this is Himadri. My house is at 3/3 Blind Lane, I have a corpse in my house.
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To the Manufacturer of the Tinder-Arsehole Detector (TAD)™
Sumitra Singam — Excerpt: Dear Sir (there’s no way you’re a Madam), I write to express my extreme discontentment with your product.
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The Emergency Case at No. 24, Dolamu Street
Enit’ayanfe Ayosojumi Akinsanya — Excerpt: The salt cup fell from my hand. Tope Alabi flew away from my mouth. I almost burnt my eggs.