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Will our lives be more comfortable? Or will we be just as lonely, and just as much in need of people who love us?

This story reads like a thought experiment - what might our life be like, as old people in ageist world, trying to hold on to shreds of autonomy, while living in smart homes with AI assistants and appliances?

Against an ombre pink to yellow, the text "#a_short_story_per_day Apr 30 2024 The Loving Home by Olga Fiks Translated by Alex Shvartsman In the right corner, a pile of old-fashioned hard-cover books, one lying open. At the bottom of the image, the handle @books_in_the_time_of-chaos

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Apr 30 2024

The Loving Home by Olga Fiks.
Translated by Alex Shvartsman

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This sad story about a lonely old woman, at the end of the world, running a shoe store and reminiscing about the family and friends she has lost, is the 2022 winner of The Salam Award.

Against an ombre pink to yellow, the text "#a_short_story_per_day Apr 29 2024 Children Always Come Home by Saher Hasnain In the right corner, a pile of old-fashioned hard-cover books, one lying open. At the bottom of the image, the handle @books_in_the_time_of-chaos

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Apr 29 2024

Children Always Come Home by Saher Hasnain

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In this layered story, which is a meditation on grief, on how the loss of a child can splinter a family and more, a child unknowingly strikes a deal with the devil to bring her dead brother back to life.

Against an ombre pink to yellow, the text "#a_short_story_per_day Apr 28 2024 Six Versions of My Brother Found Under the Bridge by Eugenia Triantafyllou In the right corner, a pile of old-fashioned hard-cover books, one lying open. At the bottom of the image, the handle @books_in_the_time_of-chaos

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Apr 28 2024

Six Versions of My Brother Found Under the Bridge by Eugenia Triantafyllou

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CW: death of a child

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A young person who pretends to be a medium online, is really possessed by the spirit of an old Korean ajumma. This story is about their unlikely friendship.

Against an ombre peach to pink, the text "#a_short_story_per_day Apr 20 2024 Heavy Possessions by Seoung Kim In the right corner, a pile of old-fashioned hard-cover books, one lying open. At the bottom of the image, the handle @books_in_the_time_of-chaos

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Apr 20 2024

Heavy Possessions by Seoung Kim

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Highly recommended. In Bangalore, I read through Jayaprakash’s two collections in a matter of days. Had never read anything like them.

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This is a story about communication. About languages — spoken and unspoken; and who we speak to, and who we fail to speak to, and how we can reach out and make a connection even when there is no common language. It's tender and hopeful.

Against an ombre peach to pink, the text "#a_short_story_per_day Apr 19 2024 Wordfall by Liang Ling Translated by Nathan Faries, Zhao Li. In the right corner, a pile of old-fashioned hard-cover books, one lying open. At the bottom of the image, the handle @books_in_the_time_of-chaos

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Apr 19 2024

Wordfall by Liang Ling; Translated by Nathan Faries, Zhao Li.

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This story about a man obsessed with female serial killers is weird, sad and a little unsettling.

Against an ombre peach to pink, the text "#a_short_story_per_day Apr 18 2024 Female Killers by Dorthe Nors In the right corner, a pile of old-fashioned hard-cover books, one lying open. At the bottom of the image, the handle @books_in_the_time_of-chaos

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Apr 18 2024

Female Killers by Dorthe Nors

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CW: murder of children, death

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A woman trying to make a decision about her long awaited pregnancy tries to confide in her hyper religious mother. This story left me feeling unsettled on many levels. And right at the point when I felt that maybe I was wrong, it ended with an image that made me question myself all over again.