Category: Fiction
Two boys, of very different fates, consider friendship and cruelty in this short story by Hungarian writer Miklós György Száraz.
In this sometimes strange and unusual story, by Ilka Papp-Zakor, a practical joke involving a tattoo questions what we can and cannot know.
Polish writer Maciej Jakubowiak reflects on his grandmother’s absolute faith in a red blinking light, in this essay translated by Mark Ordon.
While buying some “superb” illegally produced sausages, a bureaucrat tries to come to terms with the thing that lives in his office.
Father Viktor struggles to contain his rage against Prime Minister Ferenc Ács, until one day he receives a visit from men in suits.
In this short story by Hungarian writer Rita Halász a mother and her partner tensely await the homecoming of her teenaged daughter.
In this short story, like in a bad dream, we are plunged from daily life to wandering a strange town, hoping for a route back.
In this short story by Hungarian writer Tibor Noé Kiss, a woman comes to terms with her mother’s death, while looking back on a mysterious chapter of her love life.
When his wife leaves for a business trip, Géza enters into a passionate love affair with a flexible and rubber-lined companion.
