James Sennott and Alba Blanco — Excerpt: “Boss said I could have a smoke break, as long as none of those damn kids see me,” he muttered to himself.
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Saraswati Nagpal — Excerpt: The fridge is bare. She waves a dying tomato in the air to prove her point. My brain is trying to find another word for “splendour.”
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Maureen Tai — Excerpt: As I wandered from room to room, I noticed that each clock, housed in a separate room, showed a time of just before or just after 5 o’clock.
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Jacelyn Yap — Excerpt: Such care and attention to detail is common across cultural sites [in Japan], and is best savoured in the moments of stillness.
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Bidisha Satpathy — Excerpt: In the mirror, I look like I did in December, with an addition of about seven greying hair.
