Slovak Fiction Week: Into the Spotlight
Into the Spotlight
An anthology of Slovak fiction
Translated from the Slovak by Magdalena Mullek and Julia Sherwood
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Ondrej Stefanik
I’m on display here, you fool. I’m wearing my best dress, simple, posh, fresh like fresh fruit, flammable, cling-wrapped to protect it from vagrants, cool like a crouching leopard with taut muscles. And the first words you shoot at me are Hi, Paula, feeling better now?
Dušan Mitana
In that steam bath, where everyone was soaked to the skin, our completely dry hands touched. My mouth had also dried up from excitement, and I was sure hers had too.