Devil’s Backbone

By Roberto Loiederman [Editor’s note: This story picks up a few weeks after the events in Loiederman’s story “Stir Me Gently, but All the Way to the Bottom,” which appeared in the summer issue of the SFWP Quarterly.]   The first week Frank...

Translator’s Cut: Eric Abrahamsen (China)

In this third edition of “Translator’s Cut” I bring you my conversation with Eric Abrahamsen, a translator and publishing consultant living in Beijing. My goal with these interviews is to introduce readers to translators and the literature they...

When I was Young and Swam to Cuba

By Sara Schaff   This was their first trip together as a family, and it wasn’t going well for anyone except the newlyweds, who were all over each other like a couple of teenagers. This behavior baffled and embarrassed the four children, especially the...

Seven Miles (memoir excerpt)

By Charlotte Gullick   Seven Miles He’s had a few too many. Should Helen call my mother? Nah, he’s fine. And after he makes his blurry way to the garbage truck, he climbs inside. The reek of trash still strong in the summer night air. He didn’t make the dump run...

The Post-Apocalypse Part Three: Hell is Other People

By Andrew Gifford In part two of my post-apocalypse rant, I talked about the Pelbar Cycle, which is a seven-part series all about people learning to get along a thousand years after the apocalypse. But that’s not something you often see in tales of the...

How to Be (8)

Samantha Edmonds   Rather than Get accepted into the university of your choice, five and a half hours away from the boy you promised to marry, an hour from your mother. It will take you over two years to get your degree, more if you pursue the PhD, and in that...