To the inexperienced, hurricane stories always sound like exaggerations. My grandfather, for example, once told me of a hot afternoon in Waveland, Mississippi, when, drinking Dixie beers on his neighbour’s porch, he noticed that the Gulf of Mexico had receded from the beach across the road. The re…
Antediluvian
John Biguenet
‘To the inexperienced, hurricane stories always sound like exaggerations.’
40 years of Granta

The Silkworms
Nothing to see here!

Peace Shall Destroy Many
What made him do what he did? Could it have all been for an ice cream bar, really? Will any of us ever know?

Blue Sky Days
What made him do what he did? Could it have all been for an ice cream bar, really? Will any of us ever know?

Vladimir in Love
What made him do what he did? Could it have all been for an ice cream bar, really? Will any of us ever know?

The Transition
What made him do what he did? Could it have all been for an ice cream bar, really? Will any of us ever know? What made him do what he did? Could it have all been for an ice cream bar, really? Will any of us ever know?
John Biguenet
John Biguenet is the author of seven books, including the story collection The Torturer’s Apprentice and the novel Oyster, as well as six plays, most recently Broomstick.
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