From "The Wheels of the Godavari": the young bookkeeper stands before the Commandant’s lair, a place where duty meets myth.

One of our favourite images from the webcomic — a meditation on power, obedience, and the quiet terror of entering someone else’s world.

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Pages 17, 18, and 19 of Eirgsmoth are Illustrated. No dialogue just yet. I'm working on writing it. I've also noticed that I have to fix the colour on some of the cells, but it's coming to fruition finally.

Find the first issue here: https://fables.pro/a/series/eirgsmoth

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As summer comes rolling in, check out our #spring issue with exclusive #ShortStories from Etgar Keret translated by Jessica Cohen, Lucy Caldwell, Michael Donkor, Adaora Raji and Serena Katt.

Catch them at https://fictionable.world

Image: Johan Neven

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Fictionable

The online literary quarterly with original stories and comics from all over the world

A walk on the beach takes an unsettling turn in Serena Katt's graphic short story Submerged.

Catch it exclusively at https://fictionable.world

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Fictionable

The online literary quarterly with original stories and comics from all over the world

Etgar Keret talks about surprising himself with his own fiction.

Plus Lucy Caldwell on tuning in to Katherine Mansfield, Michael Donkor on his strikingly intimate story of an unconventional relationship, Adaora Raji on the long echoes of the Biafran war and Serena Katt on the shocking, everyday experience buried in her graphic short story Submerged.

Catch them all on the @fictionable podcast at https://www.fictionable.world/podcasts/etgar-keret-short-stories-fly-already-podcast/ or via #ApplePodcasts #Spotify #Acast and more.

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Etgar Keret: ‘When I write a story I also live it’

We explore how fiction can even surprise its author with Etgar Keret, and hear from all the other authors in Spring 2023

'A man walks to the steps, as if to walk down, but he hesitates at the top. I wonder if he's afraid … '

An evening walk on the beach takes an unsettling turn in Serena Katt's graphic short story Submerged.

Catch it at https://fictionable.world

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Fictionable

The online literary quarterly with original stories and comics from all over the world

For #Spring 2023, Etgar Keret examines a sudden shift of perspective in Point of No Return, translated by Jessica Cohen, while Lucy Caldwell channels a Modernist in Katherine Mansfield's Cat.

Michael Donkor explores an unconventional relationship in his startlingly intimate Invitation, Adaora Raji unlocks old memories in The Proper Way to Cook Oha, and a walk on the beach takes an unsettling turn in Serena Katt's Submerged.

Catch all these exclusive #ShortStories at https://fictionable.world

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Fictionable

The online literary quarterly with original stories and comics from all over the world

So here's Etgar Keret translated by Jessica Cohen, Lucy Caldwell, Michael Donkor, Adaora Raji and Serena Katt with a little taste of the excellent #ShortStories for #Spring 2023.

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