Chivambo loved to tell stories, but this one was his favourite. He told it as often as he could. Some heard it when he was...
Two days since midsummer passed. We partied all night on summer cottage decking and drank strong beer with a bear’s face snarling at us from...
Once upon a time, the Princess circulated a rumour. It began on her island at the top of her tower, in her round room, at...
He’d been silent, the other man at the bar, gazing into his glass of whiskey before growing animated at the mention of Mark Twain. “I...
Abdul didn’t hear her say those words. But that’s what he imagined she would be saying to the men in front of her. She made...
The Bay of Bengal in Bangladesh devours her children. I’ve worked in the delta’s sludge for five years, and already she has consumed the big...
The frightened moon and stars were hiding. The typhoon howled and dredged the Philippine Sea in search of living things. In a stolen outrigger with...
When Keisha wrote down Harvard University on the list her college counsellor gave her parents, it was because she knew that he would tell her...
It is early morning and the hot winds fragranced with the aromas of sun baked earth and prairie grass blow through the car. Ahead the...
Plaza de la Cathedral, is an open space except during special events like Liberation Day. On Liberation Day, bands, stands and volunteer hands fill the...
Capable—if unreliable—little motorcycles, a used Honda Win can be had for around US$200. Boasting 110cc engines, endlessly replaced, welded and salvaged clutches, wheels, brakes, handlebars,...
There had been bombings, small ones that failed for the most part. A detonation in front of the Israeli Embassy that wounded only the bomber,...
The streets were empty, as were all the houses in that village. He walked from door to door, ringing doorbells that made no sound, climbed...
‘I would like a coffee with milk and a sandwich with ham and cheese please.’
‘Bitte?’
She stood there, pen and notepad in hand, her...
The International terminal is a bustle of activity. Strong lights illuminate a massive stone sculpture, with a dazzling effect because of all the sand particles...
I’m slowly making my way south. Today I watched goats, grape vines and sunflowers from the train to Sicily. The sunflowers were enormous—elephant stalks, brown...
The dangerous ingredients are all there. Baja California and everything that conjures. Sun, ocean, tequila, rip tides. A handsome, young couple in the throes of...
“There’s a story here,” she said.
I told her I didn’t doubt it. “Each town has at least one or two stories behind it, right?”...
Today I will tell a story of a man I never married. Like water, some things are meant to be swallowed, the others wash away...
We are always burying the dead. In this way, we are like the church interiors of old Dutch prints. Often in the background, workers have...