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Fiction by Börkur Sigurbjörnsson

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neighbors

Illustrated short stories and flash fiction inspired by our neighbors.

Independent of whether we live in a densely populated city, small towns or remote countryside, we all have our neighbors and they can be of all sorts. Börkur’s life has taken place mostly within cities and towns and his stories about neighbors reflect on how we interact with them, the people that are so close to us but we often know so little about.

Flash fiction

Don’t You Worry About A Thing

January 9, 2019August 23, 2024
by Börkur Sigurbjörnsson
Don’t You Worry About A Thing

A flash fiction by Börkur Sigurbjörnsson. Jamie is drinking his morning coffee when he gets the funny feeling that there is something odd about his surroundings.

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Short stories

The Neighbors

January 30, 2011April 19, 2025
by Börkur Sigurbjörnsson
The Neighbors

A short story by Börkur Sigurbjörnsson. The narrator invites a friend to his new apartment and discovers that his neighbors are not what what he had expected them to be.

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Short stories

The young man with the bicycle

February 14, 2010April 19, 2025
by Börkur Sigurbjörnsson
The young man with the bicycle

A short story by Börkur Sigurbjörnsson. A young man has his first interaction with his neighbors after one of them accidentally drops a pair of underwear on his terrace.

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