Entrance and Exits: TBR Blanc 2026

A Blanc Series Collection from The Brussels ReviewEvery story is a threshold. This collection of thirty-one short works explores the moments that change us—the instant an ordinary day collapses, the weight of a decision unmade, the discovery that leaving is not the same as losing, the accumulated reckoning of time and property and regret.From a man caught in an explosion on a city street to an aging landlord facing the dissolution of his domain, from intimate domestic struggles to speculative journeys, Entrance and Exits gathers writers from North America, Europe, and beyond. These are stories about crossing boundaries—visible and invisible—and about what we carry with us when we do.The authors assembled here work in registers of realism, speculation, myth, and everyday epiphany. Some narratives are tightly focused on a single consciousness; others sweep across larger landscapes. What unites them is a conviction that the threshold itself is where literature lives most vividly—where character is forged, where meaning persists even when the world seems most resistant to it.The Brussels Review, founded in Brussels and published internationally, exists to discover and amplify literary voices of distinctive power. This volume is part of the Blanc Series, devoted to short fiction that engages with the texture and complexity of contemporary life across borders and languages.For readers drawn to character-driven fiction, literary short stories, and narratives that trouble easy resolution—this collection is an invitation to enter. You will find your way out altered. Read more