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The Yes Man and the Invader
Short story 52 min · Password required

The Yes Man and the Invader

Already as I receive the email, I get a sense that something is off. The signature is set in an italic, hard-to-read typeface, and the sender uses a language I find overly…

The Electric Committee
Short story 73 min · Password required

The Electric Committee

The board had decided to furlough everyone. Especially me, I thought, but it applied to everyone. My assignment may not have been the museum’s most important, yet I had chosen to…

Atlas
Short story 13 min · Password required

Atlas

I am on the verge of a breakdown but I stop just short. That is where we meet, at the boxing club Atlas in the basement on Bondegatan. You are slender and do not look like a…

The Meaning of Life
Short story 6 min

The Meaning of Life

The same day I turned 42, I saw a dead person for the first time. She was wheeled out on a stretcher right in front of me on the pavement in Trieste, escorted by paramedics who…

2004
Short story 8 min

2004

To be honest, I hadn’t given 2004 much thought, and 2004 hadn’t thought of me either. But in 2025, I suddenly couldn’t think of anything else after spotting our flat in the…

Men Who Don’t Wait
Short story 11 min · Password required

Men Who Don’t Wait

One Friday, when my husband claimed to be away on a business trip, I picked up my phone and started searching in that dating app I suspected he was using. Swiped through face after…

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