Etgar Keret
Etgar Keret's favorite radio show, "This American Life", features his story "Lieland" in this week's podcast of the show. "Lieland" is one of the stories available for free download only this week (starting next week, please ignore this sentence :) ).
LA Weekly has published Keret's short story "Loquat"
I gave her the gun, but she slapped it right back into my hand. “That’s not kids, that’s animals,” she said resolutely.
“Okay, Grandma, I’ll take the rifle.” I gave in with a hopeless sigh and kissed her cheek. “Now go inside.”
“Oh, mon petit gendarme,” Grandma said, clapping her hands happily. Filled with satisfaction at her small victory, she skipped up the steps.
“Soldat,” I cried after her.
LA Weekly - Short Story: Freeze!
Suddenly I could do it. I’d say “Freeze!” and everyone would freeze, just like that, in the middle of the street ... And I’d walk past them till I found the prettiest girls... bring them home and fuck their brains out ... I felt fantastic. I felt like a king. Until my mother butted in ...
ILLUSTRATION:
Deanna Staffo
La Weekly Art/Books - An Exclusive story by Etgar Keret:
I was knocking down a wall
All women reporters are whores
and I was knocking down a wall...
Hebrew speakers may read works by Keret at stage.co.il (rrrrrrrrrespect to Bo)
The story "Phenomenal Hard-Ons" (not published in Hebrew yet), appears in Nerve Adult zine and dating community (you can always say you're there for the articles. eh?)
Here are some links to English translations of Keret's stories from Hebrew:
Halibut, One Kiss on the Mouth in Mombasa, The Nimrod Flip-Out, and A Bet.