translated into English by Stéphanie Benson

To Diana Atkinson The Flamingo dance floor was newly repainted and a few seats recently replaced, but the dressing rooms were still just as shabby. Miss America was already on stage giving (...)

translated into English by Stéphanie Benson

Night was falling over the old Lamberville stadium. Five kids were moving in the twilight, their eyes fixed on a brand new football, a present from the woman at the Social Aid office. Two of them (...)

translated into English by Stéphanie Benson

I picked up the phone as it rang for the fifth time. Doc’s thick voice said: "Were you sleeping?" "No, didn’t want to answer." "I don’t understand (...)

A short story by Marc Villard translated from the French by Brad Spurgeon

Sometimes it just hits her like that - life is always the same. Today, she decided she’d go out on the town, alone, for the first time. At night. It scares her a bit, but at fifteen, (...)

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 (...)

A short story by Marc Villard translated from the French by Brad Spurgeon

The woman was almost fifty. Her veiny legs carried her toward room 16 of the building at the corner of the Rue de Charonne. Muted sounds carried through the thin barrier of the wooden door, (...)

1980 Samedi soir. Mendiants et orgueilleux. La beauté est partout. Karl-Heinz. L’ange est un clochard. Carla. Flamingo. 1982 Flinker-le- géant. La main jaune. Madeleine. Ma Houston. Long Night. Signe d’orage. Amnésie provisoire. Carnese ne répond plus. 1983 Le Grand Huit. Train d’enfer. La beauté est partout. Sauvages dans les rues. Une petite tête. Signe d’orage. La voix. L’ange est un clochard.
1984 Les cadets. Une mort ordinaire.
1985 Pharaon. Vietnamisé. Une gloire locale. (...)

1980 Samedi soir. Mendiants et orgueilleux. La beauté est partout. Karl-Heinz. L’ange est un clochard. Carla. Flamingo. 1982 Flinker-le- géant. La main jaune. Madeleine. Ma Houston. Long (...)

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 (...)