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BONE WHITE (short story)

StoriesJanuary 14, 20171KViews 0Likes 0Comments

When she entered the room, light welcomed her. She closed the door behind her and walked in, her steps silent on the polar bear hide spread on the floor. She took her wrap off and let it fall on the puff armchair standing with its twin and a crystal coffee table in the corner with the…

GHOST TRILOGY

StoriesJanuary 14, 20172KViews 0Likes 0Comments

I’ve never meant to write Ghost Trilogy. When I started toying around with this project, it was merely meant to be a short story. I wanted to write a story set in a speakeasy (I’ve always liked old black and white movies and all that setting) with supernatural elements. I toyed around with a few…

Thursday Quotables – Get Me to the Grave on Time

StoriesJanuary 12, 20173KViews 0Likes 6Comments

A cosy mystery set in 1910s London with the cast of My Fair Lady. Great on the cosy side, with many likable characters. The mystery is a bit lame

Feature image. Title: The voices call always, and I will listen - Blood. The blurred black and white photo of a young African American man with a white fedora.

BLOOD (Ghost Trilogy)

StoriesJanuary 12, 20171KViews 0Likes 0Comments

BLOOD Voices are always calling and I will listen The world is changing so fast it is unsettling. This city of Chicago is the most puzzling place I’ve ever visited. Full of people. Full of noise. It’s hard to listen when surrounded by noise like that. But voices are calling. They are always calling. And…

Feature image. Title: I should have known better than to think my will alone would shape my life – Michael The blurred black and white photo of a young man with a fedora.

MICHAEL (Ghost Trilogy)

StoriesJanuary 12, 20172KViews 0Likes 0Comments

MICHAEL I should have known better than to think my will alone would shape my life I've always known why I was born, and as a young man, I willingly chose to follow that path. The path every man should tread, that of defending his people with his hands and his wit and protecting…

Feature image. Title: The dreams fueled my desire, and I followed them willingly - Simon. The blurred black and white photo of a young Chinese man in a smart suit, sitting at a club table.

SIMON (Ghosts Through the Cracks)

StoriesJanuary 12, 20171KViews 0Likes 0Comments

SIMON The dreams fueled my desires and I follow them willingly The world is changing so fast it is unsettling. I remember plains of grass extending to the horizon. The sound of the wind swishing among the long green blades. An untamed river. Birds flying in the sky. Where has this maze of concrete come…

Feature image. Title: When I dance to jazz music, I feel free - Susie. (Character Speaks series) Black and white photo of a young Chinese woman with a shingle and an elegant 1920s dress.

SUSIE (Ghosts Through the Cracks)

StoriesJanuary 12, 20172KViews 0Likes 0Comments

SUSIE When I dance to jazz music, I feel free It’s the weirdest of things, thinking about that life now. It feels like a dream, a sweet dream, sometimes. But so far away, I’m not even sure it was ever my life. I know it will never be again. I was born in the…

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Thursday Quotables – Babylon Berlin

StoriesDecember 15, 20164KViews 0Likes 6Comments

Set in Weimar Berlin, Babylon Berlin by Volker Kutscher is an intense, gritty, gloomy mystery. Inspector Gereon Rath’s first adventure.

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Bone White (a story for Halloween)

StoriesOctober 30, 20164KViews 0Likes 6Comments

When she entered the room, light welcomed her. She closed the door behind her and walked in, her steps silent on the polar bear hide spread on the floor. She took her wrap off and let it fall on the puff armchair standing with its twin and a crystal coffee table in the corner with…

Bones of the Titans (NaNoWriMo Project 2016)

StoriesOctober 28, 20163KViews 0Likes 9Comments

BONES OF THE TITANS – A historical fantasy work in progress – The shards of the Titans’ bones and hatred are dispersed in troubled post-WWI Europe.

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Thursday Quotables – Time and Regret

StoriesOctober 6, 20163KViews 0Likes 8Comments

A novel with a dual timeline: Martin takes part to WWI. In 1991, Grace, Martin’s granddaughter, tries to solve a mystery happened during the war.

Thursday Quotables – A Case of Identity (A Sherlock Holmes Short Story)

StoriesSeptember 22, 20163KViews 0Likes 4Comments

One fo Sherlock Holmes short stories. Clever and witty, with a case that, although not so mysterious for a moder audince, is still interesting a fun to read