A cage went in search of a bird: ten Kafkaesque stories

Introduction / Becca Rothfield --

Art hotel / Ali Smith --

Return to the museum / Joshua Cohen --

The board / Elif Batuman --

God's doorbell / Naomi Alderman --

The hurt / Tommy Orange --

Hygiene / Helen Oyeyemi --

The landlord / Keith Ridgway --

Apostrophe's dream / Yiyun Li --

Headache / Leone Ross --

This fact can even be proved by means of the sense of hearing / Charlie Kaufman.