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fish   if you see me being swept out to sea, haul me ashore, with net or by hook in…

Jared didn’t want to go home. He rather considered walking to the nearby beach and jumping into the water so…

Atiya Firewood sat on the bench reserved for the Pastor’s family, towards the side of the pulpit. Alone. Just as…

‘Hunger’ was shortlisted for the 2021 Commonwealth Short Story Prize.   Three months after the breakup, you meet Paquito. Well,…

‘Tourism is our Business’ was shortlisted for the 2021 Commonwealth Short Story Prize.   The first time was an accident.…

‘English at the End of Time’ was shortlisted for the 2021 Commonwealth Short Story Prize.   Evening lingered among neem…

‘Genuine Human Hair’ was shortlisted for the 2021 Commonwealth Short Story Prize.   I introduce myself and tell her it’s…

‘Mass Effect’ was shortlisted for the 2021 Commonwealth Short Story Prize.   Eddie starts counting when he notices the familiar…

Home is, I suppose, just a child's idea. A house at night, and a lamp in the house. A place…

'Finger, Spinster, Serial Killer' was shortlisted for the 2020 Commonwealth Short Story Prize.  

'Cash and Carry' was shortlisted for the 2020 Commonwealth Short Story Prize.  

‘Mafootoo’ was the Caribbean regional winner of the 2020 Commonwealth Short Story Prize.   The people at Number 24 are…

Polar The Russian poet said in Paris she felt like an iceless polar bear.   One drifts on a flow,…

2020, April: The internet is full of images of emptiness – highways without cars, streets without people, iconic places like…

'Granma's Porch' was the Caribbean regional winner of the 2019 Commonwealth Short Story Prize.   When Babou drop me off…

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