A surrealist story about a mother and a daughter who undergo transformation
Tag: surrealism
Weird #46: “The Salamander” by Mercè Rodoreda (1967)
A witch becomes a salamander in this Catalan metamorphosis story
Weird #45: “The Other Side of the Mountain” by Michel Bernanos (1967)
A sea voyage, a desert island story, and a Dantesque, existential allegory all rolled into one surreal masterpiece.
Weird #40: “Axolotl” by Julio Cortázar (1956)
“In no animal had I ever found such a profound connection to myself.”
Weird #33: “A Child in the Bush of Ghosts” by Olympe Bhêly-Quénum (1949)
A journey from death to life in the forests of Benin.
Weird #32: “The Aleph” by Jorge Luis Borges (1945)
Is there a link between weird fiction and mysticism?
Weird #31: “The Long Sheet” by William Sansom (1944)
The true meaning of freedom
Weird #28: “White Rabbit” by Leonora Carrington (1941)
A creepy story about acquiring a chunk of rotting meat for a new neighbour.
Weird #25: “Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass'” by Bruno Schulz (1937)
A Sanatorium where time is not what it seems.
Matthew Rettino 