Thirty Seconds From Now

The future is messy. He’s learned to wander only a few seconds ahead.

Aviator on the Prowl

The winner of Boston Review’s annual Aura Estrada short-story contest.

The Shunting Trains Trace Iron Labyrinths

You Are Free

Lara had not had the heart to tell the old lady that the bridge was not really made of gold.

Guinea Pig

Having been freed from my skin, I can’t exactly find my way back.

Hitting Budapest

A short story, winner of the Caine Prize.

The Moor

A short story

How Do I Explain?

The winner of Boston Review’s seventeenth annual short story contest

Through the Valley of the Nest of Spiders

A short story from one of America’s most celebrated, and controversial, fiction writers.

Xochimilco

A short story.

Everything is Breakable with a Big Enough Stone

A short story.

One, Two, Three, and Four Rabbits

Translated from the Spanish by Ezra E. Fitz.

Where’s Your Sense of Humor?

Translated from the Spanish by Esther Allen.

The Buddhist

The more it hurts, the wiser the Buddhist becomes.

Canceled

Winner of Boston Review’s sixteenth annual short story contest.

Freedom

They were free to leave The Prison, but they had nowhere to go. Every country on earth refused to accept them. 

Between the Devil and the Deep Sea

When my father was dying, he wanted me to read him Lamentations and Ezekiel. 

House of Men

A short story.

Concerning the Correct Way to Make Cabbage

A short story.

Up High in the Air

A short story. 

The Weight of Grief

A short story.

Wordwatching

A short story. 

Gone

All we had to do was open up the newspaper to see that girls disappeared and died like stray cats.