by Gorun Manolescu translation from Romanian by Zenovia Popa [MTTLC student] click aici pentru versiunea română When one lies idle, one makes a slip. Although I have promised not to do it again, I do it again. When you told me „the University clock, …o’clock” or someone else told me, I do not know […]
Wood for the Fire
by Tantra Bensko click aici pentru versiunea română The fireplace, the only thing still standing from the old homestead, is where the Old Ones come in. They come through into our house and they won’t leave us alone. I don’t understand how there was a world before we dreamed it up. But somehow, there […]
Living the dream la vida loca
by Sorin-Mihai Grad translation from Romanian by Alexandra Sârbu [MTTLC student] click aici pentru versiunea română The young writer comes across the short story contest ad. He realizes he hasn’t written anything in a long time and that it is about time something drastic must change. Not to mention this is about a contest […]
Goody
by Ştefan Serşeniuc translation from Romanian by Dorina Burcea [MTTLC student] click aici pentru versiunea română He has been a good guy all his life. Good guy. He even seemed to have a predestinated name, Goody Goodfella, G.G, same initials as “good guy”, but everybody just called him Goody.
Bus Arriving on Gate Three
[Synopses] by Robert Fenhagen click aici pentru versiunea română The waiting is the rub. Alcoholic son awaits his mother’s arrival in bus station.
The Obsession
by de Ioan Suciu translation from Romanian by Simona Sămulescu [MTTLC student] click aici pentru versiunea română Innocent left the office in a good mood, because, as of then he was on vacation. On the street he jumped over some children’s hopscotch, set fire to a garbage can, after which we […]
Mrs Steiner doesn’t live here anymore
by Viorel Marineasa translation from Romanian by Maria Jastrzebska and Cristina Baciu [MTTLC student] click aici pentru versiunea română How does death occur? What else can happen? The triviality of such questions depresses you. You find the rabbi under the same sycamore, where the ivy grows even more invasive, under […]
Junk
by Robert Fenhagen click aici pentru versiunea română “What’d you find?” “Nothing. A lottery ticket.” “Throw it away. C’mon, we got a car to smash.”
The Coin
by Gorun Manolescu translation from Romanian by Camelia-Aura Barbu [MTTLC student] click aici pentru versiunea română I walked into a tavern. Actually a bar. Somewhere underground. After a boring day. A symphony of lights. Of those that spin constantly. With different colours and shades. Flashes that make you dizzy. I sat down right […]
45 seconds
by Ion Buzu translation from Romanian by Raisa Lambru click aici pentru versiunea română It was almost midnight when Max woke up the moment his brother entered the room. They were showing a movie on the TV, Max thought it was directed by Tarkovski and he had decided to watch it but he fell […]