The Brussels Review

30/10/2025

A.M. Stiff, drained, stuck in a body that won’t obey. Edward snores nearby. Ford Dagenham faces another morning he didn’t choose.

The Possession unveils a people haunted, possessed by foreign spirits, their memory of self and land long forgotten.

In Lady Gaia, Susan writes about us as soft, temporary creatures, dreaming of distant planets while standing on a perfect one.

Because good writing doesn’t expire.
Earlier work, worth returning to.
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28/10/2025

The season to read, to rest, to let stories fill the cold spaces of autumn.

Explore The Brussels Review’s past and present issues - stories to keep you warm this season.
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27/10/2025

When I write, I try to keep Bolano’s warning in my head, “If you’re going to say what you want to say, then you’re going to hear what you don’t want to hear.” Sometimes I heed it, sometimes not. - J.W.Goll -

His work can be found at jwgoll.com

23/10/2025

Stephen Leeper wrote about transformation: of skin, of spirit, and of what remains when the sacred fades. Read this story and more , link in bio.

15/10/2025

Dave Margoshes shows us the sky as a reminder of what remains.
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14/10/2025

''Sara Maria Hasbun managed to make a New York night taste like salt, smoke, and realization.''

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13/10/2025

“Invisible Lady,” published posthumously, will appear in the upcoming issue of TBR Rouge.

11/10/2025

Set in 1970s Antwerp, "Opposite House" by Atma Frans, follows Ria, a young architecture student navigating misogyny, political extremism, and echoes of war in a city still marked by its scars. Through cramped studios, queer cafés, and quiet acts of resistance, Ria carves out space—both literal and personal—for a future she believes in. fans

In 1970s Antwerp, Ria fights to find her place—in architecture school, in a divided house, and in a world haunted by history and patriarchy.

09/10/2025

See what our editors are reading this season with their favorite autumn book recommendations. Grab your copy of TBR Autumn 2025, your essential companion for the ultimate fall day.

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07/10/2025

“Stand close and feel each space – they are like Rothko’s colour fields, here eliciting a calm, reflecting emotion. Stare at the painting and see how it moves from abstract fields to a representative landscape, then to fields that provoke different emotions, and back again, as the eyes, mind, and feelings take turns catching our attention.”

From Pippa Darbyshire’s Love of Nature
by Patrick ten Brink.

Read the full art review on our website and explore how Darbyshire’s colours invite stillness, emotion, and reflection.

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03/10/2025

How to Set His House on Fire, a beautifully written poem by Arber Selmani. Discover this piece, and more of his work, in the Autumn issue of The Brussels Review.

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