The Brussels Review

13/11/2025

What to read this week instead of doomscrolling:
The Brussels Review offers a thoughtful alternative to the constant noise of digital feeds. Its stories invite readers to engage with contemporary voices in literature and art, encouraging reflection rather than distraction.

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12/11/2025

Every season is the right season to start, or keep, reading The Brussels Review!
Jake Kendall and Arbër Selmani share why they enjoy publishing their work, and after hearing their stories, it’s the perfect time to discover their voices in our publication.

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11/11/2025

“If Monet were a writer, he would capture the world’s beauty and the magic of both nature and cityscapes in words.”

Jake Kendall reflects this vision in his prose, evoking color, light, and rhythm with the same sensitivity Monet brought to his canvases.

11/11/2025

Two people, one car, and a heatwave that melts love into gasoline.
Somewhere between Texas and nowhere, art turned into madness.

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10/11/2025

Page by page, or pixel by pixel, discover TBR Rouge as an E-book.
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10/11/2025

The Chatbot Lies Heavy by Liam Forbes lets us think about the question: what if Chat became real?
A darkly comic reflection on trust, technology, and the voices we choose to listen to.

Want to know the ending of this fascinating story? Read it on our website.

09/11/2025

Rouge is an act of exposure. Like the color it’s named for, this collection reveals rather than conceals—turning its light on what is usually left unsaid: the quiet pulse of desire, the guilt folded into tenderness, and the moments when longing rewrites a life.
Featuring:
Michele Issel, After the Rain — Grief reshaped into strength.
Karen Regen-Tuero, Learning to Cook — Appetite and control in the theatre of love.
Denis McFadden, Invisible Lady — A posthumous masterpiece of intimacy and mortality.
Megan Nicholson, Let’s Go Back — Desire rekindled through wit and nostalgia.
Feyisayo Anjorin, A Night at Galaxy — Temptation and consequence under Lagos lights.
Vikky Puligundla, Beyond the Boundaries — Love tested by exile and belonging.
Ray Tilma, Lost Time — Time travel and philosophical yearning intertwined.
Annie De Benedictis, Three Summers at the Villa — Elegance, memory, and erosion.
Matt Graham, High Desert — Redemption in the barren and the beautiful.
Sui Wang, Boxes — The architecture of distance and intimacy.
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Rouge is an act of exposure. Like the color it’s named for, this collection reveals rather than conceals—turning its light on what is usually left unsaid: the

06/11/2025

With the beautiful words of Bill J. Glose and the amazing collages of Kathy Bruce, we are preparing to welcome new stories and works from the Rouge edition, while continuing to celebrate these exquisite, previously published masterpieces.

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06/11/2025

TBR Rouge is here!
This edition gathers ten striking works of contemporary fiction that explore love, loss, and transformation across continents and states of being. These are stories that refuse comfort; they burn with human truth.

Each story, in its own way, confronts the heat of being alive. Whether set in the solitude of a desert, the hum of a kitchen, or the shadow of memory, every piece insists on the same truth: that the heart, once exposed, cannot return to hiding. Rouge invites the reader not to look away, but to stand in the light.

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05/11/2025

In a world that moves fast, storytelling preserves what passes by.
Sometimes stories matter more than we expect,
sometimes, they speak louder than actions.

If you like your words loud and your stories memorable, our autumn issue is for you!
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04/11/2025

With the beautiful paintings “Breathe” and “I Wish You Could Stay” by Santa Zukker, the pieces of Ben Walter and Jonathan D. Scott become even more evocative to read, or to revisit.
Sometimes, all you need are a few breathtaking landscapes to deepen the imagination and bring a story to life.

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03/11/2025

What does it mean to keep documenting? What is happening, then, when such documents are made public?
''Such were also the questions I asked myself when, during the time when my grandfather was going in and out of hospital almost every day, I found myself revisiting Lucian Freud’s portraits for solace.''

-Yuxin Zhao-

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