Here, translation unlocks stories from languages afar, people unknown yet familiar in voices that stun you and resonate with you. Here is your book of world stories

 

FICTION

Samantha and Siddhesh – Trishna Basak

Trishna Basak  is a poet, writer and translator with many books to her credit. Her story is translated from the Bengali by Shamita Das Dasgupta...

Glory Days – Mark Putzi

Mark Putzi received an MA in Creative Writing from the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee in 1990. He has published fiction and poetry in numerous online and print venues...

And Our Efforts Were Rewarded – Joey Rodriguez

Joey Rodriguez is the author of four novels and two novellas. Recently, his short stories appeared in Fleas on the Dog, In Parentheses, The Cabinet of Heed, Punt Volat, Plants & Poetry, and Baram House...

Little Sorrento by the Sea – Warren Stoddard II

Warren Stoddard II Is the author of a novella: No Birds in Yesterday, and his short work has appeared in Into the Void, Dice Magazine, The Barely South Review, and numerous other publications...

Jesus – Lopa Ghosh

Lopa Ghosh is an author and social change campaigner. Her first book, a short story collection titled ‘Revolt of the Fish Eaters,’ was published by HarperCollins India in 2012. In her other life, Lopa is a communication and development practitioner.  ...

Family – Humayun Ahmed

Humayun Ahmed was a Bangladeshi novelist, dramatist, screenwriter, filmmaker, songwriter, scholar, and lecturer...

The Refugee – Debesh Roy

Debesh Roy is remembered for numerous books, including Borisaler Jogen Mondal, Manush Khun Kore Keno, Samay Asamayer Brittanto, and Lagan Gandhar. He received the Sahitya Academy award in 1990 for his epic novel Teesta Parer Brittanto...

Marriage to a Man from The Point of View of a Woman – Kieran Vaughan

Kieran Vaughan is a published poet. Just recently she was an assistant editor for the multiple award-winning literary magazine, Grub Street, at Towson University...

Kindred Spirits – Kenneth M. Kapp

Kenneth M. Kapp was a Professor of Mathematics, a ceramicist, a welder, and an IBMer until downsized in 2000. He lives with his wife and beagle in Shorewood, Wisconsin and writes late at night in his man-cave...