“The Widow and the Xir” is both lyrically beautiful and emotionally compelling. It is a striking fantasy but also an engaging love story. Sanih, after losing her husband, is unable to place her grief aside.
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Read MoreThe Top 10 Experimental Books You’ve Never Heard OfI sit in one of the cafés in Szent Endre, writing this letter to you, István, not knowing if I will be alive tomorrow, not knowing if this café will be here, with its circular green chairs and cups of espresso. By the Danube, children are playing, their knees bare below school uniforms.
Read MoreThe Rapid Advance of SorrowNamir watches his wife and son as they sift baking salt-pans under the sun. They help gather the wet mounds of white clay that will be turned to dry powder later. If they see him, they will avert their eyes. If he comes any closer, they will flee in fear and alert the village.
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Bear liked the house even if I still felt bad about having to move. Almost everybody besides me felt good about moving.
Read MoreThe Neighborly Thing to DoCongratulations on having your first story, “The Neighborly Thing to Do”, published with Apex. Were you familiar with Apex before submitting work?
Read MoreInterview with T.J. Weyler, author of “The Neighborly Thing to Do”