Short Stories

Wednesday, 15th Abril 2020 by  Sue Hall It has been a mixed week of highs and lows. The isolation is getting to me, but there have been pockets of happiness. …

Tuesday, 14th Abril 2020 by Dina Adão I’ve been at home going on for four weeks now. Perhaps because I’ve been using objects for purposes they weren’t designed for, they …

Monday, 13th Abril 2020 by Alexandre Moura “I am from the Algarve and the sea is at the end of my road,” wrote António Pereira, an Algarvian poet, born in …

Sunday, 12th Abril 2020 By Uwe Heitkamp Since the publication of the Club of Rome’s first reports (The Limits of Growth, Meadows et al., 1972), there have been many heated …

Saturday, 11th of April 2020 Crisis means the “moment of decision” by Francisco Colaço Pedro “We have won the first battle,” the president proclaims to the country. “The enemy is …

Friday, 10th April 2020 Travelling puts us straight into the bloodstream of the collective. On the bus back to Sweden from a wedding in Paris a few years ago, I …

Thursday, 9th April 2020 Some rollercoaster emotions have run through me over the last few weeks. The ride stopped affecting me so profoundly when I removed Facebook and Twitter from …

Wednesday, 8th April 2020 On 1 March, in Germany, when I was getting on the train, the first patients were being put onto ventilators. On 2 March, the morning I …

Tuesday, 7th April 2020 Time to feel A short story by Dina Adão And time passed. Because it’s like that, time passes. By the side of the footpaths and trails, …

Monday, 6th April 2020 Will this be my turning point? A reflection by Lucia Ribeiro Kappauf For five weeks now, I’ve been living in a small cottage near Monchique. The …