Est. 2008

Est. 2008

Consulate

Young in Niamey

This all happened when Moustapha was young in Niamey, he’d just begun school, certainly he hadn’t finished more than one or two years. For months they’d...

Heyday

Shana White was as dumb as a manhole cover, and she said stupid, stupid things. She was a Flat Earther, a dinosaur bone denier. Not...

Hardness

It is now that Hassan decides he will tell Oula, or reveal, or confess. Not the telling of a story but a small moment...

Justice Is a Myth

I’m a shad, or a שד, plural שדים. I render toxic any food humans leave under the bed; I used to have an eye in...

A Dull Yellow Presence

Aida, on the day of her uncle’s funeral, was a hummingbird—little brown twig elbows fluttering up and down for attention. Making as much commotion...

The Beautiful Doll

"Why are you lying?" said the Azeri custom officer, from his window at the Lagodekhi land border between Georgia and Azerbaijan. "Why hide that you’ve been...

Waiting for Adnan

It is 8:00 and Adnan has not yet arrived. Maryam is sitting cross-legged on the sofa. Her mother is at the dining table fingering...

In the Kitchen

1. Adam’s mom warned him not to marry Renuka. His mother always surprised him with her capricious San Francisco Nob Hill politics, same sensibility that supported gay...

Jacob’s Mother

Translated from the Hebrew by Yardenne Greenspan Jacob’s mother is in the best retirement home Jacob and his sister could find. We did our best, they...

Evidence

ONTARIO PROVINCIAL COURTS Case No. #1213684-11B PRETRIAL EVIDENCE FOR DISCOVERY  INVESTIGATING OFFICERS: Det. ALICE SHAH and Det. MORRIS CHARLES INCIDENT: 00168028-110-2017   DOCKET 12 ELECTRONIC MESSAGE FILES: STEPHANIE...