Fiction
HOLY CITY
By Lewis WarshShe had been teaching for twenty years and in all that time she had only slept with one student, a young woman named Arlette. It was during the time in her life that she referred to as “the worst time” when talking with friends.
The Sweethearts
By Mario BenedettiAt first, I would greet her from my sidewalk and she would respond with a nervous and instantaneous gesture. Afterwards, she would leap away, striking her knuckles against the walls, and, upon arriving at the corner, vanish without looking back. From the beginning, I liked her long face, her disdainful agility, and her striking blue jacket that looked more like a boy’s.
Hope
By T. MotleyTragic Strip
An Excerpt from Jacques Roubaud’s forthcoming novel, The Loop
By Jacques RoubaudTranslated from the French by Jeff Fort (Dalkey Archive Press)
RERUNS REZOOMED a serial novel
By Jonathan BaumbachIn the morning, I went out into the hall to look for my old room, knocked on a few doors. Various residents answered my knocks, invited me in for a drink or not, seemed at home with themselves.
