Keisha Lynne Ellis | Nassau Burning
Originally published on Adda Stories
Ali Al Jallawi | God After Ten O’Clock
Translated by Ayesha Saldanha | Originally published on Words Without Borders
Oka Rusmini | The Century Carver
Pamela Allen | Originally published on Words Without Borders
Taslima Nasreen | from Lajja
Translated by Anchita Ghatak | Excerpted on Live Mint courtesy of Penguin India
Simon Dolcy | Bullies
Originally published on St. Somewhere
Svetlana Alexievich | from Secondhand Time | Translated by Bela Shayevich
Excerpted by the Times Literary Supplement courtesy of Fitzcarraldo Editions
Christophe Van Gerrewey | Up to Date
Translated by David Colmer | Published for the European Union Prize for Literature
Kalilah Enríquez | An Unusual Canvas
Originally published on Shades of Red
Olympe Bhêly-Quenum | A Child in the Bush of Ghosts
Translated by Willfried Feuser | Originally published on author’s website
Adam Gauntlett | Trouble with the Mate
Originally appears in The Bermudian
Kunzang Choden | from The Circle of Karma
Originally published by Zubaan Books
Giovanna Rivero | An Imperfect Day
Translated by Kathy S. Leonard | Originally published on The Short Story Project
Miljenko Jergović | The Ideal Yugoslavian
Translated by Christina Pribichevich Zoric | Originally published on Sign and Sight
Siyanda Mohutsiwa | When You Sit on a Bench in Main Mall
Published on the author’s website
Daniel Galera | from The Shape of Bones
Translated by Alison Entrekin | Excerpted in The White Review courtesy of Penguin Press
Kathrina Haji Mohd Daud | I am a Bird
Originally published on ASEF culture360
Georgi Tenev | from Party Headquarters
Translated by Angela Rodel | Excerpted courtesy of Open Letter
Norbert Zongo | The Parachute Drop
Translated by Christopher Wise | Originally published on Socialist Stories
Karl-Chris R. Nsabiyumva | Mama
Originally published on This Burundian Life