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Note: “Khaterah” is both a female given name and a Dari word meaning “memory” or “recollection.”
“Hello, my dear. Are you well?”
I place my hand on the earth and sit on the ground with my head bowed to my knees. I take a deep breath and whisper, “At last, you and I are alone together.”
It’s only been a week, but I’ve missed her so much it hurts. ...
Zarmina gasps for air at a fork in the road, glances behind at the sound of running footsteps coming closer in the dark. Trembling with fear, she yanks off her noisy bangles, flings them into the alley, and bolts to the right. The Talib pauses at the fork, then chases the glimpse of her shadow into the narrow lane. Zarmina’s heart is pounding. The footsteps are getting closer...
From Restless Books | Eskatos and the Stretched Necks of Stillness by Mats Söderlund, translated from the Swedish by Olivia Olsen | Poetry | 136 p...
It is very quiet here. Nothing much ever happens. We have learned to tell the cries of the birds and the animals, the wing beats of the swans crossing the house, the noises of the different motors that batter about on the roads. Not many people like this quiet.
—John McGahern
He had prepared...
FAMILY DINNER
One year before the trial
ELIO Sr., GUILLE, ELIO (twenty-two years old), WANDA (fifteen years old), and MARIO (thirteen years old). Some are setting the table, others are already seated.
MARIO: Noooooo, please no.
WANDA: What is that...