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7. 'the flower garden' by mieko kawakami (translated by hitomi yoshio)

this is a horror story /: so unsettling.

6. 'one minus one' by colm tóibín

this made me cry and i feel awfully sad writing this. i don't think i've ever experienced real grief and i fear it and death more than anything. it is not the grief itself, i think, but the regret and guilt that i know will come with it. this made me feel terrible honestly

5. 'war of the clowns' by mia couto (translated by eric m. b. becker)

clowns ARE scary

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And no one is surprised that the Irish short story was (at least so far) the best.

4. 'my sad dead' by mariana enriquez (translated by megan mcdowell)

this made me terribly sad ):

3. 'apples' by gunnhild øyehaug (translated by kari dickson)

so so beautiful. i adored this one so much. i love how each portion revealed something at its end that seamlessly led to the next. need to look up this author's work.