{"title":"Series","description":"\u0026lt;p\u0026gt;TBR imprint series — thematic anthologies including TBR Dark, TBR Blanc, TBR Blue, and TBR Rouge.\u0026lt;\/p\u0026gt;","products":[{"product_id":"tbr-dark-5-2025","title":"TBR Dark 5\/2025","description":"\u003cp\u003eTBR Dark is a curated anthology of fiction that peers into the uncanny, the speculative, and the psychologically charged. Conceived as an appendix to\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Brussels Review\u003c\/i\u003e, this volume gathers authors whose work resists boundaries—stories that explore altered consciousness, post-human dilemmas, technological intrusions, existential dread, and the fragile architectures of memory and belief. These are not simply genre tales; they are literary incursions into the unstable territories where identity, morality, and perception begin to unravel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt the heart of this collection is a concern with transformation—not just of bodies, societies, or technologies, but of thought itself. In\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eChristopher Miguel Flakus’s\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e“A True Good Man,”\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ea man’s fear of mechanized medicine leads him to a confrontation with prejudice, vulnerability, and the last remnants of a fading war between humans and sentient machines. The story challenges notions of trust, repair, and inter-species inheritance, asking whether memory or function defines a person—or a machine.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEd Meek’s\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e“Doggie.com”\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eshifts the narrative to the domestic realm, where a robotic pet becomes more companion than tool, more confidant than product. What begins as satire becomes unsettlingly intimate, raising questions about attachment, autonomy, and the slow blurring of boundaries between affection and programming. It is a story that holds up a mirror not to the future, but to our present tendency to outsource intimacy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e“Retro Racers”\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eby Mord McGhee\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003etakes the reader into the adrenaline-soaked world of AI-manipulated racing, where a washed-up human driver contends with the commodification of talent and the erasure of agency. Speed becomes a metaphor for obsolescence and resistance, and in its wake lies a deeper commentary on what is retained when machines outperform the bodies that built them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTime fractures in\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eCamellia Paul’s\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e“Pearls of the Planets,”\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewhere a teenager on the beaches of Puri, India, touches something that shouldn’t exist—a floating celestial body—and is pulled backward into their own pre-existence. This speculative reverie folds memory, heritage, and time-travel into an atmospheric narrative of awe and reconciliation, where personal mythologies bend the laws of physics.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e“Rubicon”\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eby Nathan Poole Shannon\u003c\/b\u003e, a space station on the edge of collapse becomes the site of impossible choices. Life support dwindles, evacuation is partial, and a mother must decide who survives. Told with eerie calm and escalating dread, it is a meditation on sacrifice, hallucination, and maternal devotion in the face of cosmic indifference.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eElsewhere in the volume, readers will find\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eDionyssios Kalamvrezos’s\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003esurreal childhood mystery\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e“The Blue Dice,”\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewhere media, memory, and imagination collide;\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlexis Ames’s\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ehaunting parable\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e“Fortunate One,”\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eexamining the metaphysical residue of human trauma; and tales from\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eA.D. Capili, Edward St Boniface, Jake Stein, Mark Connelly\u003c\/b\u003e, and others, each contributing a distinct note to the dissonant symphony of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTBR Dark\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat binds these stories is not their setting or genre but their willingness to traverse uncertainty. Whether through alien technologies, sentient algorithms, or dreamlike recursions of the past, each piece asks what it means to be human in environments that resist human comprehension.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eContent\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA True Good Man \u003cem\u003eby Christopher Miguel Flakus\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDoggie.com \u003cem\u003eby Ed Meek\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRetro Racers \u003cem\u003eby Mord McGhee\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePearls Of The Planets \u003cem\u003eby Camellia Paul\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRubicon \u003cem\u003eby Nathan Poole Shannon\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Blue Dice \u003cem\u003eby Dionyssios Kalamvrezos\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhitworth Berry: A Small And Hollow Man \u003cem\u003eby Edward St. Boniface\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRise And Set \u003cem\u003eby Jake Stein\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Travelers \u003cem\u003eby Mark Connelly\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Pandemic \u003cem\u003eby A.D. Capili\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFortunate One \u003cem\u003eby Alexis Ames\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Brussels Review","offers":[{"title":"eBooks","offer_id":55744143589711,"sku":null,"price":6.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"Print","offer_id":55744143622479,"sku":null,"price":15.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0834\/7467\/8095\/files\/Dark-5-25-FrontCover.png?v=1747316881"},{"product_id":"tbr-blue-5-25","title":"TBR Blue 5\/25","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Brussels Review Poetry Appendix\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn an age where poetry is diluted into captions and algorithms, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eTBR Blue\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e reclaims the page. As the poetry imprint of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Brussels Review\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, this May 2025 edition offers a powerful anthology of poetic voices from across the globe—writers who dare to confront, console, and complicate.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCurated with care, the collection spans lyrical, experimental, and narrative modes, unified by a belief in poetry’s enduring resonance when printed, held, and revisited. This issue reminds readers that poetry is not content—it is language with consequence.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eFeaturing work by\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e:\u003c\/strong\u003e Adam Penna, Andrew P. Dillon, Anna Kiggins, Bruce Parker, Claudia Wysocky, Daniel Bliss, Charles Mines, Denise O’Hagan, Eric Lawson, Eugene Stevenson, Eve Lyon, Genevieve Chornenki, Joseph E. Arechavala, Kate Lewington, Kevin Cahill, Lynn White, Malachy Moran, Michael Okafor, Nethra Venkatakrishna, Philip Miller, Portia D. Lulgjuraj, Robert Miner, Robert Rinehart, Sarah Samarbaf, Suphil Lee Park, and Vaishnavi Pusapati.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eCover Art\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eUnthinker\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003e by Santa Zukker (2024)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is a book for those who believe poetry should outlast the moment.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Brussels Review","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55228659564879,"sku":"","price":15.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0834\/7467\/8095\/files\/61YtjA-0GYL._SL1500__1.jpg?v=1748868764"},{"product_id":"tbr-blanc-8-25","title":"TBR Blanc 8\/25","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eTBR Blanc\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a boundary-defying anthology of short fiction that opens a wide, luminous space for storytelling unbound by theme or trend. The debut edition in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Brussels Review\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e's new collection series, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eTBR Blanc\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e draws its name from the French word for \"white\"—a term that also connotes blankness, openness, and undefined possibility. Within that conceptual void, this anthology gathers some of the most vivid, emotionally complex, and stylistically daring short stories by contemporary writers working across cultures, languages, and literary registers.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrom warzones and hospitals to villages, kitchens, and dystopian interiors of the mind, these stories move through landscapes both real and imagined, offering readers a sustained engagement with the raw fabric of human experience. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eKristine Durrant\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eOn Patrol\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e delivers a visceral narrative of wartime caregiving, fractured love, and moral ambiguity. In \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eHadon Green\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eLB Benton\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e confronts social exclusion with an intimate portrait of childhood cruelty and hard-earned empathy. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eYuting Zhao\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Snail Girl and Other Horror Stories\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e overlays folkloric horror with psychological unease, while \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eJane Seaford\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Millie Stories\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e offer an unflinching glimpse into childhood trauma and premature loss of innocence.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eEolas Pellor\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Newsie and the Orange Girl\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e explores dignity in deprivation, while \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eJonathan Vidgop\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e’s surreal and unsettling \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Cook\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e—translated by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eLeo Shtutin\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e—blurs the boundaries between death, delusion, and philosophical obsession. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eSophie Pell\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003ePaul’s Diner\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eMagda Phili\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eVia della Fortuna\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e are quiet meditations on memory and hidden rupture, while \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eJoseph F. Hunter\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eCherished Hurts\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e examines the aching persistence of past wounds masked by poise. In \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eImpeded\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eGeorge Oliver\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e probes alienation and conformity within the closed culture of a soccer hooligan group, and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eMaxine Flam\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eWho Am I\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e disorients the reader with a protagonist awakening in a world of theological absurdity. The collection concludes with \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eJason Schaefer\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e’s sharply ironic \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eStuck in a Closet with Vanna White\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, where generational neuroses, digital shame, and the absurdity of modern family life collide.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eTBR Blanc\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is not a collection with a message—it is a collection with a mandate: to give writers the freedom to approach the page without prescription. Each story functions as a singular light refracted through the white field of the unknown. Here, narrative restraint births imaginative risk; constraint is not a limit, but a challenge, a call to innovate, to subvert, to reimagine. The result is a body of work that captures the full tonal range of contemporary fiction—from lyrical to brutal, philosophical to absurd, tender to caustic.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFor readers seeking fiction that is emotionally resonant and stylistically diverse, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eTBR Blanc\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e offers a rich, international tapestry of voices grounded not in shared subject matter, but in shared ambition. Each writer in this volume approaches form and language as tools to illuminate the overlooked corners of human consciousness. These are stories that do not shout to be heard, but echo long after the final page.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAs the inaugural title in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Brussels Review\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e’s collection series, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eTBR Blanc\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e sets a powerful precedent for future volumes: that when thematic limitations are lifted, imagination sharpens, language breaks open, and fiction can flourish on its own terms.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Brussels Review","offers":[{"title":"Print","offer_id":55743978766671,"sku":null,"price":14.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"eBook","offer_id":55744021791055,"sku":null,"price":6.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0834\/7467\/8095\/files\/812Skx-Cl2L._SL1500__1.jpg?v=1755266585"},{"product_id":"tbr-rouge-10-25","title":"TBR Rouge 10\/25","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eRouge\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is an act of exposure. 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