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Inspired by the news: Penguins ignore the police: Protected Species by Maura Yzmore
The news from New Zealand this week was of two penguins living under a sushi store. They were captured and…
A palm-of-the-hand story by Yasunari Kawabata you ought to read
Before there was flash fiction, Nobel Prize winner Yasunari Kawabata was writing very short pieces he called Palm-of-the-Hand stories. He…
Two stories (plus one more) by Williamses you ought to read
Heaven knows why, but Williamses seem to rise to the top. Serena Williams is the greatest women’s tennis player of…
welcome to the sunday octopus
this is the soft opening of the sunday octopus, where we may occasionally on sundays post recommendations and similar things,…