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A portrait of the writer Tim Conley, with a quote from his short story Records: 'He always asks for the same record…'
When a ghost turns up at the record shop it puts Anna into a spin. Tim Conley pumps up the volume in Records:
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A portrait of the writer Rodrigo Urquiola Flores, with a quote from his short story DYSNEYWORLD, translated by Shaina Brassard: 'Mr Irigoyen has never yellled at me…'
For a young boy from the edge of the city, the house where his grandmother works is like a magic kingdom. Rodrigo Urquiola Flores examines the geography in DYSNEYWORLD, translated by Shaina Brassard:
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A portrait of the writer Samuel Rigg, with a quote from his podcast interview: 'People's inner lives are much more complex'
Connections, disconnections – on the @fictionable.bsky.social #podcast @samuelrigg.bsky.social gets some perspective on the joys and sorrows of suburban life:
www.fictionable.world/podcasts/sam...
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A copy of Samantha Harvey's Bona Fide Nihon-kitsch and a copy of Diana Evans's Broth ready to be posted out to the British Library
Keeping it #legal
Get your copies of Samantha Harvey's Bona Fide Nihon-kitsch and Diana Evans's Broth at your local #bookshop or at www.fictionable.world/pages/fictio...
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A portrait of the writer Cynthia Zarin, with a quote from her short story Housekeeping: 'The house dislikes her playing favorites…'
The drafty house broods by the park while the fairytale cottage basks beside the sea. But are we ever really at home, asks Cynthia Zarin in her short story, Housekeeping:
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And Isabel Greenberg's 100 Nights of Hero makes it to the silver screen:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1Vv...
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Cynthia Zarin considers last things in her poem Syrinx:
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An illuminated 7-Eleven sign, with a quote from Samuel Rigg's short story At the Rink: 'Adjusted to a land populated by 7-Elevens and dry cleaners…'
Thursday is hockey night, but Tristan’s father isn’t sure he wants to watch in At the Rink by @samuelrigg.bsky.social
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Image: Abdullah Nuqman Hasif
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A portrait of the writer Tim Conley, with a quote from his podcast interview: 'I understand the compulsion to collect'
Thoughts, feelings, laughs – on the @fictionable #podcast Tim Conley celebrates the extravagant variety of the short story:
www.fictionable.world/podcasts/tim...
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… didya find any crocodiles?
05.02.2026 14:20 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A lawn in close-up, with a quote from Cynthia Banham's short story Swimming With Crocodiles: 'She hadn't seen a butterfly or a bee in – she didn't know how long…'
Is there something hiding at the bottom of the garden? Cynthia Banham surveys the ground in Swimming With Crocodiles:
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Image: Jake Nackos
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A rack of records, with a quote from Tim Conley's short story Records: 'One quiet Sunday shift, Anna turned around at the counter and there he was…'
When a ghost turns up at the record shop it puts Anna into a spin. Tim Conley pumps up the volume in Records:
www.fictionable.world/stories/reco...
Image: Mick Haupt
#books #reading #writing #ShortStories #fiction #comics #translation #blog
A portrait of the writer Rodrigo Urquiola Flores, with a quote from his podcast interview: 'It was like living in two worlds'
We talk to Rodrigo Urquiola Flores and the translator Shaina Brassard about charting a divided childhood in fiction:
www.fictionable.world/podcasts/rod...
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Flowers against a blue sky, with a quote from Rodrigo Urquiola Flores' short story DYSNEYWORLD, translated by Shaina Brassard: 'Drifts of colorful blooms that attracted bees and hummingbirds…'
For a young boy from the edge of the city, the house where his grandmother works is like a magic kingdom. Rodrigo Urquiola Flores examines the geography in DYSNEYWORLD, translated by Shaina Brassard:
www.fictionable.world/stories/dysn...
#books #reading #writing #ShortStories #fiction #translation
Cardamom pods on a dark cloth, with a quote from Cynthia Zarin's short story Housekeeping: 'A library book, a jar of cardamom pods, nothing is where she left it…'
The drafty house broods by the park while the fairytale cottage basks beside the sea. But are we ever really at home, asks Cynthia Zarin in Housekeeping:
www.fictionable.world/stories/hous...
Image: Neil P-A
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A portrait of the writer Samuel Rigg, with a quote from his story At the Rink: 'Both of William's sons had American voices. He'd found this strange at first…'
Thursday is hockey night, but Tristan’s father isn’t sure he wants to watch in At the Rink by Samuel Rigg:
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#books #reading #writing #ShortStories #fiction #comics #translation #blog
A portrait of the writer Cynthia Zarin, with a quote from her podcast interview: 'Everything is drawn from life, because what else is there?'
A character pulled in two directions? Welcome to real life, says Cynthia Zarin.
www.fictionable.world/podcasts/cyn...
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A portrait of the writer Cynthia Banham, with a quote from her short story Swimming With Crocodiles: 'Look, Mum… A competition to rewild your garden…'
Is there something hiding at the bottom of the garden? Cynthia Banham surveys the ground in Swimming With Crocodiles:
www.fictionable.world/stories/swim...
#books #reading #writing #ShortStories #fiction #comics #translation #blog
A portrait of the writer Tim Conley, with a quote from his short story Records: 'She had been warned, of course…'
When a ghost turns up at the shop it puts Anna into a spin. Tim Conley pumps up the volume in his short story Records:
www.fictionable.world/stories/reco...
#books #reading #writing #ShortStories #comics #translation #blog
A portrait of the writer Rodrigo Urquiola Flores, with a quote from his short story DYSNEYWORLD, translated by Shaina Brassard: 'We are lucky. My patrones are good people…'
For a young boy from the edge of the city, the house where his grandmother works is like a magic kingdom. Rodrigo Urquiola Flores examines the geography in DYSNEYWORLD, translated by Shaina Brassard
www.fictionable.world/stories/dysn...
#books #reading #writing #ShortStories #fiction #translation
A portrait of the writer Cynthia Zarin, with a quote from her short story Housekeeping: 'When she arrives home from a trip, the house behaves like a spurned lover or vengeful child…'
The drafty house broods by the park while the fairytale cottage basks beside the sea. But are we ever really at home, asks Cynthia Zarin in her short story, Housekeeping.
www.fictionable.world/stories/hous...
#books #reading #writing #ShortStories #comics #translation #blog
The contributors for Fictionable's Winter 2025 issue from top left: Rodrigo Urquiola Flores, Cynthia Zarin, Tim Conley, Shaina Brassard, Cynthia Banham, Joanna Kavenna and Samuel Rigg
#Winter is here with #ShortStories from Cynthia Zarin, Rodrigo Urquiola Flores translated by Shaina Brassard, Tim Conley, Cynthia Banham and Samuel Rigg – and Joanna Kavenna on the non-truth truth of #fiction
Catch them all at fictionable.world
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… so these trees are the delightful view for Cynthia Banham…
15.01.2026 17:25 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0So here's #Winter with Cynthia Zarin, Rodrigo Urquiola Flores translated by Shaina Brassard, Tim Conley, Cynthia Banham and Samuel Rigg.
Catch them all at fictionable.world
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A desk looks out on lush foliage, with piles of books, a lamp and a computer screen showing an empty page
So here's the first of the #MysteryAuthors from our #Winter issue.
Nice trees, somewhat obscured by the #BlankPage
But who could it be?
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Lights reflected in a puddle with the legend 'Fictionable #Winter'
Here in the northern hemisphere it's wet and it's cold.
How about a #Winter issue?
Image: serjan midili
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The sun rises over a restless ocean with the legend 'Fictionable #NewVoices'
#NewVoices like Kasimma, Pete Segall, PR Woods and Hannah Webb.
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Image: Jorge Vasconez
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Planet Earth floats against the blackness of space with the legend 'Fictionable #translation'
Exclusive #translations from writers like Jenny Erpenbeck, Irena Karpa, Etgar Keret, Yan Lianke and Adania Shibli.
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Image: New York Public Library
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A close-up of panels from a comic with the legend 'Fictionable #comics'
Exclusive #comics from artists like Ephameron, Judith Vanistendael, Sabba Khan and Isabel Greenberg.
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Image: R Jangaard
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A group of lions in the savannah, with the legend 'Fictionable #LiteraryLions'
Exclusive #ShortStories from writers like Susanna Clarke, Samantha Harvey, M John Harrison, Ali Smith and Sarah Hall.
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