The Best Short Story I Read in a Lit Mag This Week: “The Space of Things” by Jacinta Escudos
It’s often said that writers must be willing to be cruel to their characters, lest the story they tell lack drama or stakes. In “The Space of Things” (The Cossack Review), Jacinta Escudas (Translated by Samantha Memi) offers a different take on the cold realities of the writer/protagonist relationship. Escudos begins the story by immediately…