Arja Salafranca

Joanne Hichens – editor of the  Adults Only , the second annual  Short.Sharp.Stories Awards  anthology – interviews Arja Salafranca. Arja...

In 1958 Randall Jarrell, the American poet, edited and brought out a collection of stories,  Randall  Jarrell’s Book of Stories , which cont...

The Lumina Foundation has released the long list for the 2012 Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature in Africa, and Arja Salafranca's shor...

“Eight thousand rand.”  She takes a sip of tea. “It’s eight thousand rand to get a driver’s licence. And it’s two thousand five hundred to...

Good news on the short fiction front: Arja Salafranca has put together 24 South African short stories which will be published by Dye Hard Pr...

In 1781, Emperor Josef II announced an Edict of Toleration for the Jews which established the requirement for hereditary family names. Jews ...

It was ten to six, and the sun was still hot. It would be another hour before it would go down. Around us, in the outdoor coffee shop, child...

“Why don’t you smile at the customers?” Tammy asks her. “Smile at them, make them feel welcome, comfortable. Smile, then ask them if you can...

I am sitting in a darkened theatre beside the man I hope will love me one day. We are listening to the words of an American writer as interp...

I dreamed about you again last night. You were warm and funny as you helped me with some problem I had. Just like old times. Except you did ...

It comes up quickly. Years roll on, and suddenly there’s a scar cut into your midriff where an appendix nearly burst when he was fifty-five....

A middle-aged woman sits on the edge of the lagoon and watches a couple take photographs of each other. It is the beginning of a new year. I...