Fiction – Page 3 – BIG OTHER

Carrion Bull, by Jason Schwartz

The crying room—a fancy of certain Northern homes, earlier in the century—is simply a chamber off the parlor, to…

Translated from the Chinese by Chen Zeping and Karen Gernant Note from the author: This story comprises seven parts…

We imagine the lives of the silent. It’s impossible not to. I was at the zoo, at that time…

He liked bird dogs, with their handsome pedigrees and soft mouths. Fine heads, high strung, spots of liver, their…

We wharfies spend ourselves on sandwiches slick with mayo and chips as tough as baleen, a scrap of which…

Salt from his margarita sat on his lips. A grain had wound up on his face, sitting in one…

Happy birthday, Big Other contributor Roberta Allen! Celebrate by reading “A Way to Go,” which we published in 2019! …

Left alone, an empty jug will replenish, so it has been written; mirrors will cast flashes from one’s past;…

iDeath My father was driven to Drink and Despair in a donkey cart. Other men had died there, and the…

Translated by Karen Gernant Not until dawn did the noise subside and all turned quiet. Tide fell asleep. He…