Contributions by Szilvia Molnar

Szilvia Molnar , born in Hungary, but raised in Sweden, is a writer and artist living in New York City. Her writing has been published in Little Brother, Two Serious Ladies, Electric Cereal, Imperial Matters, and Butterfly Knives and Sea Salt. Her artwork has been published by Girls Get Busy, Flavorwire, Jezebel, Matavilela, and Icon – El Pais. They are also collected here: szilmolnar.tumblr.com

Alternative Scenarios For Lovers

Published on April 16th of 2015 by Szilvia Molnar in Fiction.

Szilvia Molnar 

1. I come home to a burnt-down house in Lund. You’re back in Malmö. I’m watching my parents gather half-scorched photographs in the garden, like raking autumn leaves before winter. Their faces are covered in soot. In despair, I take my dirty luggage from the island of Nagu to Russia, where there’s neither emo nor emotion left to feel. In St. Petersburg I buy a typewriter, one of those Smith Corona’s I’ve always dreamed of and I steal a stool from a hardware store. I choose a busy street and sit down to type. People walk by and ask me for a quote, an affirmation or a recipe for princesstårta. For the recipe I make sure to add There’s no princess without the marzipan. In exchange for my typing people leave me their … Read More »






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