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©João Ferro Martins, Compêndio #46, 2020, alfinete, pedra, 8 x 12 x 10 cm / Translated by Dominic Gourd Edited by Lin Falk van Rooyen “He felt a nostalgia for the cave, for the time when Cacilda would take off her helmet and set it down on the lab bench, when they believed they wouldContinue reading “CHAPTER 28 – During Reboredo’s soliloquy, the Professor returns, by Maria Manuel Viana”

©Diogo Pinto, s/ título (a partir de duas caricaturas de Ernesto Melo e Castro), 2020 / Translated by Charlotte Hammond Matthews Edited by Lin Falk van Rooyen “And he didn’t know if they were expressions of his desire to be a man, or inventions of his mind to fill in the blank spaces, nor whetherContinue reading “CHAPTER 27 – What the Trees Are Trying to Say, by Joel Neto”

©Luís Alegre, Disconnected Trees / Translated by Iona Macintyre Edited by Lin Falk van Rooyen “And as if that wasn’t enough, the Network has installed fear software in the hope hardware, and you have no idea what to do. Maybe everything can be fixed by dipping into some poetry. “ Get out, Teresa. You watch CacildaContinue reading “CHAPTER 26 – Get the Hell Out, by Afonso Reis Cabral”

©Rui Sanches, Et in Arcadia II https//www./ Translated by Bruna Dantas Lobato Edited by Kim Olson “Maybe the story had changed, maybe someone had already managed to alter it, to introduce a new chapter, an unforeseen kindness, a misstep that broke the monotony of despair.” That was the first time that Reboredo, the esteemed cyborg,Continue reading “CHAPTER 25 – The Cat’s Out of the Bag, by Licínia Quitério”

©Rui Miguel Leitão Ferreira, Em Casa https//www./ Translated by Claire Williams Edited by Amanda Hopkinson “The music brought colour to his cheeks, it felt like something was invading him – almost as if there were a heart beating in his chest.” Alberto had arrived at the cave out of breath after having run several kilometresContinue reading “CHAPTER 24 – The Indians from Meia Praia, by Raquel Ribeiro”

©Andreia Santana, Forecasting Labor Translated by Ana Fletcher Edited by Kim Olson “Despair, an uncomfortable awareness of his own inadequacy, began to gnaw at him, he felt fear might conquer all if they were to fail. I and everyone I know, the whole world, perhaps, all of us turned into mice, Alfredo (…)” ItContinue reading “CHAPTER 23 – The Tunnel at the End of the Light, by Domingos Lobo”

©Pedro Proença, Assimilar a sorte https:///pedroproenca5 Translated by Amanda Hopkinson Edited by Charlotte Hammond Matthews “The face, too small, oval-shaped, and with a nose that could have been stuck there by a fabricator of malicious intent, finally appeared in the slanting light coming from within the installations.” “Everyone has their limits,” Ricardo said. “And noneContinue reading “CHAPTER 22 – The Feet, by Hugo Mezena”

©Carlos No, Estudo para a obra Cruz, 2020, Tinta da china sobre papel / Translated by Gary Michael Perry Edited by Kim Olson “He was walking in the sun for the first time. And nothing bad had happened to him yet. It had to be true, then, what his friend had told him. That thereContinue reading “CHAPTER 21 – Song of the Utopia, by José Fanha”

©Frederico Almeida, A Luz da Manhã, 2020 Translated by Emyr Humphreys Edited by Rahul Bery “Stupidity is a luxury. A machine does not permit itself stupidity. And so, as it cannot learn stupidity, it cannot learn (really, truly learn, in the deepest sense of the word) the secret of liberty.” Reboredo was preparing theContinue reading “CHAPTER 20 – In Search of the Tender Miracle, by Rui Zink”