A portrait of the writer Cynthia Zarin, with a quote from her podcast interview: 'I wish I didn't know now what I didn't know then'
A character pulled in two directions? Welcome to real life, says Cynthia Zarin.
www.fictionable.world/podcasts/cyn...
#books #reading #writing #fiction #comics #ShortStories #translation #blog #podcast
A portrait of the writer Joanna Kavenna, with a quote from her blog: 'Poor Hamlet spends the rest of the play trying to deal reasonably with this entirely unreasonable situation'
Everything around us in this digital century is unreliable and illogical – we can still build a life out of stories, says Joanna Kavenna:
www.fictionable.world/blogs/joanna...
#books #reading #writing #fiction #comics #ShortStories #translation #blog #podcast
A city looms in the distance, with a quote from Samuel Rigg's short story At the Rink: 'Beyond their small-town lives rose a great metropolis…'
Thursday is hockey night, but Tristan’s father isn't sure he wants to watch in At the Rink by @samuelrigg.bsky.social
www.fictionable.world/stories/at-t...
Image: Skyler Smith
#books #reading #writing #fiction #comics #ShortStories #translation #blog #podcast #bookstodon
A hospital corridor, with a quote from Cynthia Banham's short story Swimming With Crocodiles: 'Thoughts of her mother floated into her head…'
Is there something hiding at the bottom of the garden? Cynthia Banham surveys the ground in Swimming With Crocodiles:
www.fictionable.world/stories/swim...
Image: Ante Samarzija
#books #reading #writing #fiction #comics #ShortStories #translation #blog #podcast
A record spins on a turntable, with a quote from his short story Records: 'This insanely obscure album…'
When a ghost turns up at the record shop it puts Anna into a spin. Tim Conley pumps up the volume in Records:
www.fictionable.world/stories/reco...
Image: Andrea Cipriani
#books #reading #writing #fiction #comics #ShortStories #translation #blog #podcast
A close-up of a lobster, with a quote from Rodrigo Urquiola Flores's short story DYSNEYWORLD, translated by Shaina Brasssard: 'The animal with the pincers is called a lobster, hijo…'
For a young boy from the edge of the city, the house where his grandmother works is like a magic kingdom. Rodrigo Urquiola Flores examines the geography in DYSNEYWORLD, translated by Shaina Brassard:
www.fictionable.world/stories/dysn...
Image: Dmytro Koplyk
#books #reading #writing #translation
A close-up of one pearl earring, with a quote from Cynthia Zarin's short story Housekeeping: 'Losing one earring is part of the usual run of things. But the house often hides two…'
The drafty house broods by the park while the fairytale cottage basks beside the sea. But are we ever really at home, asks Cynthia Zarin in her short story, Housekeeping:
www.fictionable.world/stories/hous...
Image: Ian Talmacs
#books #reading #writing #ShortStories #fiction #comics #translation
A portrait of the writer Cynthia Banham, with a quote from her podcast interview: 'Maybe this story is about different kinds of denial'
On the @fictionable.bsky.social #podcast we walk the line between control and risk with Cynthia Banham:
www.fictionable.world/podcasts/cyn...
#books #reading #writing #fiction #comics #ShortStories #translation #blog #bookstodon
A portrait of the writer Tim Conley, with a quote from his short story Records: 'He always asks for the same record…'
When a ghost turns up at the record shop it puts Anna into a spin. Tim Conley pumps up the volume in Records:
www.fictionable.world/stories/reco...
#books #reading #writing #fiction #comics #ShortStories #translation #blog #podcast
A portrait of the writer Rodrigo Urquiola Flores, with a quote from his short story DYSNEYWORLD, translated by Shaina Brassard: 'Mr Irigoyen has never yellled at me…'
For a young boy from the edge of the city, the house where his grandmother works is like a magic kingdom. Rodrigo Urquiola Flores examines the geography in DYSNEYWORLD, translated by Shaina Brassard:
www.fictionable.world/stories/dysn...
#books #reading #writing #fiction #ShortStories #translation
A portrait of the writer Samuel Rigg, with a quote from his podcast interview: 'People's inner lives are much more complex'
Connections, disconnections – on the @fictionable.bsky.social #podcast @samuelrigg.bsky.social gets some perspective on the joys and sorrows of suburban life:
www.fictionable.world/podcasts/sam...
#books #reading #writing #fiction #comics #ShortStories #translation #blog
A copy of Samantha Harvey's Bona Fide Nihon-kitsch and a copy of Diana Evans's Broth ready to be posted out to the British Library
Keeping it #legal
Get your copies of Samantha Harvey's Bona Fide Nihon-kitsch and Diana Evans's Broth at your local #bookshop or at www.fictionable.world/pages/fictio...
#books #reading #writing #fiction #ShortStories #publishing #libraries
A portrait of the writer Cynthia Zarin, with a quote from her short story Housekeeping: 'The house dislikes her playing favorites…'
The drafty house broods by the park while the fairytale cottage basks beside the sea. But are we ever really at home, asks Cynthia Zarin in her short story, Housekeeping:
www.fictionable.world/stories/hous...
#books #reading #writing #fiction #comics #ShortStories #translation #blog #podcast
And Isabel Greenberg's 100 Nights of Hero makes it to the silver screen:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1Vv...
#GraphicNovels #books #fiction #reading #writing #film
Cynthia Zarin considers last things in her poem Syrinx:
www.the-tls.com/literature/o...
@thetls.bsky.social #books #poetry #reading #writing
An illuminated 7-Eleven sign, with a quote from Samuel Rigg's short story At the Rink: 'Adjusted to a land populated by 7-Elevens and dry cleaners…'
Thursday is hockey night, but Tristan’s father isn’t sure he wants to watch in At the Rink by @samuelrigg.bsky.social
www.fictionable.world/stories/at-t...
Image: Abdullah Nuqman Hasif
#books #reading #writing #ShortStories #fiction #comics #translation #blog #bookstodon
A portrait of the writer Tim Conley, with a quote from his podcast interview: 'I understand the compulsion to collect'
Thoughts, feelings, laughs – on the @fictionable #podcast Tim Conley celebrates the extravagant variety of the short story:
www.fictionable.world/podcasts/tim...
#books #reading #writing #fiction #comics #ShortStories #translation #blog
… didya find any crocodiles?
A lawn in close-up, with a quote from Cynthia Banham's short story Swimming With Crocodiles: 'She hadn't seen a butterfly or a bee in – she didn't know how long…'
Is there something hiding at the bottom of the garden? Cynthia Banham surveys the ground in Swimming With Crocodiles:
www.fictionable.world/stories/swim...
Image: Jake Nackos
#books #reading #writing #ShortStories #fiction #comics #translation #blog
A rack of records, with a quote from Tim Conley's short story Records: 'One quiet Sunday shift, Anna turned around at the counter and there he was…'
When a ghost turns up at the record shop it puts Anna into a spin. Tim Conley pumps up the volume in Records:
www.fictionable.world/stories/reco...
Image: Mick Haupt
#books #reading #writing #ShortStories #fiction #comics #translation #blog
A portrait of the writer Rodrigo Urquiola Flores, with a quote from his podcast interview: 'It was like living in two worlds'
We talk to Rodrigo Urquiola Flores and the translator Shaina Brassard about charting a divided childhood in fiction:
www.fictionable.world/podcasts/rod...
#books #reading #writing #fiction #comics #ShortStories #translation #blog #podcast
Flowers against a blue sky, with a quote from Rodrigo Urquiola Flores' short story DYSNEYWORLD, translated by Shaina Brassard: 'Drifts of colorful blooms that attracted bees and hummingbirds…'
For a young boy from the edge of the city, the house where his grandmother works is like a magic kingdom. Rodrigo Urquiola Flores examines the geography in DYSNEYWORLD, translated by Shaina Brassard:
www.fictionable.world/stories/dysn...
#books #reading #writing #ShortStories #fiction #translation
Cardamom pods on a dark cloth, with a quote from Cynthia Zarin's short story Housekeeping: 'A library book, a jar of cardamom pods, nothing is where she left it…'
The drafty house broods by the park while the fairytale cottage basks beside the sea. But are we ever really at home, asks Cynthia Zarin in Housekeeping:
www.fictionable.world/stories/hous...
Image: Neil P-A
#books #reading #writing #fiction #comics #ShortStories #translation #blog #podcast
A portrait of the writer Samuel Rigg, with a quote from his story At the Rink: 'Both of William's sons had American voices. He'd found this strange at first…'
Thursday is hockey night, but Tristan’s father isn’t sure he wants to watch in At the Rink by Samuel Rigg:
www.fictionable.world/stories/at-t...
#books #reading #writing #ShortStories #fiction #comics #translation #blog
A portrait of the writer Cynthia Zarin, with a quote from her podcast interview: 'Everything is drawn from life, because what else is there?'
A character pulled in two directions? Welcome to real life, says Cynthia Zarin.
www.fictionable.world/podcasts/cyn...
#books #reading #writing #fiction #comics #ShortStories #translation #blog #podcast
A portrait of the writer Cynthia Banham, with a quote from her short story Swimming With Crocodiles: 'Look, Mum… A competition to rewild your garden…'
Is there something hiding at the bottom of the garden? Cynthia Banham surveys the ground in Swimming With Crocodiles:
www.fictionable.world/stories/swim...
#books #reading #writing #ShortStories #fiction #comics #translation #blog
A portrait of the writer Tim Conley, with a quote from his short story Records: 'She had been warned, of course…'
When a ghost turns up at the shop it puts Anna into a spin. Tim Conley pumps up the volume in his short story Records:
www.fictionable.world/stories/reco...
#books #reading #writing #ShortStories #comics #translation #blog
A portrait of the writer Rodrigo Urquiola Flores, with a quote from his short story DYSNEYWORLD, translated by Shaina Brassard: 'We are lucky. My patrones are good people…'
For a young boy from the edge of the city, the house where his grandmother works is like a magic kingdom. Rodrigo Urquiola Flores examines the geography in DYSNEYWORLD, translated by Shaina Brassard
www.fictionable.world/stories/dysn...
#books #reading #writing #ShortStories #fiction #translation
A portrait of the writer Cynthia Zarin, with a quote from her short story Housekeeping: 'When she arrives home from a trip, the house behaves like a spurned lover or vengeful child…'
The drafty house broods by the park while the fairytale cottage basks beside the sea. But are we ever really at home, asks Cynthia Zarin in her short story, Housekeeping.
www.fictionable.world/stories/hous...
#books #reading #writing #ShortStories #comics #translation #blog
The contributors for Fictionable's Winter 2025 issue from top left: Rodrigo Urquiola Flores, Cynthia Zarin, Tim Conley, Shaina Brassard, Cynthia Banham, Joanna Kavenna and Samuel Rigg
#Winter is here with #ShortStories from Cynthia Zarin, Rodrigo Urquiola Flores translated by Shaina Brassard, Tim Conley, Cynthia Banham and Samuel Rigg – and Joanna Kavenna on the non-truth truth of #fiction
Catch them all at fictionable.world
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