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The online literary magazine with short stories and comics from all around the world

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Some kind of pig is snuffling in the leaf mould. But what is it up to? Rose Rahtz reads the signs in Where Hast Thou Been, Sister?

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Annie’s been packed off to Christian camp, but will she convert? Lauren Caroline Smith shares the good news in The Placing of Hands.

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Quinton McCandless is born in 1968 with a smile on his face. Grahame Williams examines a life where nothing goes to plan in Making It Happen.

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Big Barrel is off to the dumpster to get some grub. Jakub Żulczyk draws a picture of decline in Many Years of Hardships, translated by John and Małgorzata Markoff.

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Can you make something true just by it down? Jenny Erpenbeck traces a paper trail in Sloughing Off One Skin, translated by Michael Hofmann.

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Jenny Erpenbeck opens 2024 with Sloughing Off One Skin, a haunting that explores truth and identity, translated by Michael Hofmann.

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@bookstodon Jakub Żulczyk creates a small epic, as Big Barrel goes in search of grub in Many Years of Hardships, translated by John and Małgorzata Markoff.

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@bookstodon Grahame Williams charts a life where nothing goes to plan in Making It Happen.

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@bookstodon While Lauren Caroline Smith tests her faith in The Placing of Hands.

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@bookstodon And Rose Rahtz explores the uncanny power of the toddler in Where Hast Thou Been, Sister?

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@bookstodon Over on the @fictionable Caroline Lucas argues that in the face of division, we must tell "compelling, inspiring stories about what we can and must achieve together".

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@bookstodon And on the @fictionable Jenny Erpenbeck talks about why writers are so suspicious of documents, the trouble with endings and the problem of arbitrary borders.

https://www.fictionable.world/podcasts/jenny-erpenbeck-podcast-sloughing-off-one-skin-go-went-gone-kairos-writing

She also talks about her International Booker Prize-shortlisted novel Kairos and recalls what it felt like in when the Wall came down.

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2024 is here, with Jenny Erpenbeck – translated by Michael Hofmann – following a paper trail while Jakub Żulczyk, translated by John and Małgorzata Markoff, constructs a small epic. Grahame Williams examines a life without a plan and Lauren Caroline Smith tests her faith. Rose Rahtz reads the signs and Caroline Lucas makes the case for compelling and inspiring stories.

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So here's a little taste of the marvellous from Jenny Erpenbeck, Jakub Żulczyk, Grahame Williams, Lauren Caroline Smith and Rose Rahtz for 2024.

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Portraits of Jenny Erpenbeck, Jakub Żulczyk, Grahame Williams, Lauren Caroline Smith and Rose Rahtz accompany brief readings from their short stories

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@bookstodon With thanks to John Markoff for reading from Żulczyk's story, Many Years of Hardships.

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As a boy, the cartoonist Peter Kuper dreamed of studying bugs. He explains how he managed to combine his passion for drawing and his fascination with insects.

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What do you do when a hero comes right at you? Liam Hogan goes a few rounds in Backstory.

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Does your laptop have a mind of its own? Robert Neuwirth shares a file that booted up on his screen and wrote itself to the hard drive in The Disambiguation.

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Ariana fills the emptiness with baking, but will this hobby prove healthy? Ariel Marken Jack follows the trail of crumbs in The Bread Boy.

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A moment of inspiration in a café sparks a memory in Karóly Bálint's Metaphor by @SmythBooks

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Monica's leaving with the kids, but what does that mean for Francisco? Linda Mannheim explores the tragedies of departure in Those Last Days.

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Head for the @fictionable – available in full without subscription – and find Peter Kuper waxing lyrical on Dina Nayeri on what happens when turns to memoir, Naomi Wood on her top five and more…

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Readings, #books chat, jokes – check out the in-depth interviews with #writers like Sarah Hall, @mjohnharrison Joyce Carol Oates, @SmythBooks Diana Evans and more on the @fictionable #podcast

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What do you do when a hero comes right at you? Liam Hogan goes a few rounds in Backstory.

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Does your laptop have a mind of its own? Robert Neuwirth shares a file that booted up on his screen and wrote itself to the hard drive in The Disambiguation.

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Ariana fills the emptiness with baking, but will this hobby prove healthy? Ariel Marken Jack follows the trail of crumbs in The Bread Boy.

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A moment of inspiration in a café sparks a memory in Karóly Bálint's Metaphor by @SmythBooks
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Monica's leaving with the kids, but what does that mean for Francisco? Linda Mannheim explores the tragedies of departure in Those Last Days.

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Head for the @fictionable – available in full without subscription – and find Peter Kuper hymning the monarch Ya-chun Liu on across the Taiwan Strait and Kate Tsurkan reporting on from

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*Spiders aren’t insects, but let’s not split hairs…

The comic artist Peter Kuper explains how he combined his passion for drawing with his fascination with insects.

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What do you do when a hero comes right at you? Liam Hogan goes a few rounds in Backstory.

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Does your laptop have a mind of its own? Robert Neuwirth shares a file that booted up on his screen and wrote itself to the hard drive in The Disambiguation.

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Ariana fills the emptiness with baking, but will this hobby prove healthy? Ariel Marken Jack follows the trail of crumbs in The Bread Boy.

Catch this exclusive short story and listen to Marken Jack explain why we're all overwhelmed by the 21st century at https://fictionable.world

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A moment of inspiration in a café sparks a memory in Karóly Bálint's Metaphor by @SmythBooks

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Monica's leaving with the kids, but what does that mean for Francisco? Linda Mannheim explores the tragedies of departure in Those Last Days.

Catch this exclusive short story and listen to Mannheim talking about places which are lost to us forever and reading from her work at https://fictionable.world

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Land on the @fictionable – available in full without subscription – and find Peter Kuper waxing lyrical on the monarch Dina Nayeri on what happens when turns to memoir, Naomi Wood on her top five and more…

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Subscribe to @fictionable for £20 and get access to our ever-expanding with exclusive from including Sarah Hall, Joyce Carol Oates, Diana Evans @mjohnharrison Etgar Keret…

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Plus a year's worth of brand new from writers all around the world.

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Dive into in-depth interviews on the @fictionable with like @SmythBooks @mjohnharrison Joyce Carol Oates, Etgar Keret, Diana Evans, Evie Wyld and more…

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The comic artist Peter Kuper explains how he managed to combine his passion for drawing with his fascination with insects.

https://www.fictionable.world/blogs/peter-kuper-insects-graphic-novel-ruins-intersects

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What do you do when a hero comes right at you? Liam Hogan goes a few rounds in Backstory.

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Does your laptop have a mind of its own? Robert Neuwirth shares a file that booted up on his screen and wrote itself to the hard drive in The Disambiguation.

Catch this exclusive short story and listen to Neuwirth explain why he filled it with computer code at https://fictionable.world

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Ariana fills the emptiness with baking, but will this hobby prove healthy? Ariel Marken Jack follows the trail of crumbs in The Bread Boy.

Catch this exclusive short story and listen to Marken Jack explain why we're all overwhelmed by the 21st century at https://fictionable.world

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A moment of inspiration in a café sparks a memory in Karóly Bálint's Metaphor by @SmythBooks

Catch this exclusive short story and listen to Smyth talking about otherness and reading from his short story at https://fictionable.world

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Monica's leaving with the kids, but what does that mean for Francisco? Linda Mannheim explores the tragedies of departure in Those Last Days.

Catch this exclusive short story and listen to Mannheim talking about places which are lost to us forever and reading from her work at https://fictionable.world

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