Short stories and poems



The Eyes on Those Guys

Publié dans la rubrique Short stories and poems

A short story by Marc Villard, translation by Tim Henderson, revue par Stéphanie Benson Stéphane Cortal climbed onto block number two, flexed his knees and plunged headfirst into the deep end of the Butte-aux-Cailles public swimming pool. He surfaced, took in a deep breath and proceeded through the warm water in an uncoordinated crawl. The whole show was in fact aimed to impress two young Cambodian prick-teasers sitting on the (…)


Jimi: The Comeback

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A short story by Marc Villard translated from the French by Brad Spurgeon That your name? Hubert Dupont-Laval? What do you mean, no? It’s written on your ID card. Don’t act like I’m some kind of dolt, Hubert-my-balls, you’re not dealing with just any old thief here. I’m not surprised that with such a stinking moniker as that you shack up in Neuilly. This burb’s really worrying. Not a single McDonald’s, no (…)