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Amenhotep’s Time – Dipen Bhattacharya
Translated from the original Bengali by Dipen Bhattacharya and Lisa Conyers. The sun was setting; the arches of the temple of the Empress Hatsepsut began to disappear into the darkness. My hands were red after…...
Green Adam, Grey Adam, Red Adam! – Sultan Alqaisi
Translated from the Arabic by Adam Lebzo. Twenty hours passed before Adam decided to wake up. He’d had a long day that felt more like half a week. And so, Adam had to…...
The Kiss – Cayce Pratt
A bell announced her arrival at the diner during the first hour of my shift. When she entered, she headed straight for the booth in the corner. The seat with the best view of the…...
Endless – Manoj Kumar Goswami
Translated from the Assamese by Ranjita Biswas. “Haraprasad, give me a packet of cigarette”Once a week Anadi buys a packet of cigarette from this corner stall selling paan of areca nut wrapped in betel leaf,…...
Sacred Places – Stephen Paul Martin
Three years ago, my family disappeared. It was at a place called Hidden Beach in northern California, just a few miles west of the largest redwood forest in the world. We got there by following…...
A Seed – Nirzhar Noishabdya
Placed fourth in the Tagore award for translated fiction 2021 Translated from the Bengali by Shimul Bhattacharjee. My heart beats strangely all day if I wake up dreaming about my mother. This morning, I…...
Sichuan Chili – Shuvam Das
Riti needed spectacles to see faces. She had left hers in the consultation room, back at the pharmacy. She adjusted her mask and ventured out into the street to grab a bite before her next…...
Time in a Bottle – Wasi Ahmed
Translated from the Bengali by Shamita Das Dasgupta The day the first truck packed with bricks trundled in to pave a path through the fields of Chokmadhura, the people of this remote village shivered, despite…...
Empty Nights— Lynne Knight
Winning story, The Antonym December Flash Fiction Contest This is the prompt for The Antonym December Flash Fiction Contest, PC - Aritra Sanyal Soon it would be dawn. He’d…...
Personally , I am an admirer of the Translator 😍. I usually go through her writings . This is also…
Personally I am an admirer of the Translator, I usually prefer to go through her writings . She is an…
Such a simple yet powerful expression of the wrongdoings that occurs in domestic sectors. Absolutely loved the story.
Can you please cite the original poem ? Where to find it in Bangla?
Such a wonderful work ma'am ❤️ I loved it
Just a wonderful work Ma'am....I loved it❤️