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FICTION

Sacred Places – Stephen Paul Martin

January 21, 2022
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…...
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A Seed – Nirzhar Noishabdya

January 21, 2022
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…...
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Sichuan Chili – Shuvam Das

January 15, 2022
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…...
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Time in a Bottle – Wasi Ahmed

January 14, 2022
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…...
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Empty Nights— Lynne Knight

January 9, 2022
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…...
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The Dream He Forgot – Marzia Rahman

January 9, 2022
The Antonym December Flash Fiction Contest FinalistAnd the days smell like copper. And the nights like Star cigarettes and cheap sentiments. And the whistles come from tea stalls, roadside cafés,…...
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Halka Hata – Leona Cicone

January 9, 2022
The Antonym December Flash Fiction Contest Finalist This is the prompt for The Antonym December Flash Fiction Contest, PC - Aritra SanyalAs I ran down the street, everything blurred…...
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The Last Prayers – Abha Iyengar

January 9, 2022
The Antonym December Flash Fiction Contest Finalist This is the prompt for The Antonym December Flash Fiction Contest,PC - Aritra SanyalThe monk walked down the dark, deserted lane, after…...
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The Lighthouse – Jonathan Howard Sonnenberg

January 9, 2022
The Antonym December Flash Fiction Contest Finalist This is the prompt for The Antonym December Flash Fiction Contest, PC - Aritra SanyalYears had passed since he had seen the…...
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