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The Story of the Orb | Synopsis

23 Jun 2020 2 minute read 2 comments M. Jesus Victor

The Story of the Orb narrates matches and mismatches, loves and terrors of singular characters, similar to all of us and yet so different, whether in reality or the most secret of our dreams. An ‘Orb’, a world where infinite unfoldings take place, le...

the hero of the day - 22 of june - Erich Maria Remarque

22 Jun 2020 1 minute read 0 comments VNFC

hello everyone I hope you are ok these days. We are still limited in actions by this virus, but it is better to prevent than to treat. Anyway, until everything should be better, a little reminding doesn't hurt, so, I want to celebrate with you a spec...

Gift of Love

11 Jun 2020 1 minute read 0 comments MatTehCat

A man sits alone, looking through a window, Singing songs to the world to scrape on by. He watches his words, keeping tempo. His lyrical prowess comes from on high.   He praises the Creator for His gifts, The splendor of a candle in the wind; How in...

Serpents

10 Jun 2020 1 minute read 0 comments MatTehCat

A den of serpents writhed together in the dark,Their scales were intertwined, and their bodies were warm.Yet their abode was destroyed, and they, torn apart. The darkness forsook them, and they were brought to light,Slithering about slowly, waking fr...

The death of Edward the 2nd

7 Jun 2020 1 minute read 0 comments mgaft1

In my youth, I read a series of fascinated books by Maurice Druon The Accursed Kings. These books cover the medieval period of the so-called "100-year war" between France and England. One of the interesting and gruesome moments of this tale was the d...

Night gown

2 Jun 2020 2 minute read 0 comments mgaft1

When Frank came home after work he didn’t recognize his usually messy apartment. Everything was in its place, kitchen, bathroom, and guest room shined, and everywhere there was some unknown clean and pleasant smell. Frank looked at his wife inquisiti...

The nomad (A short story that turned out pretty long) Part 3

30 May 2020 5 minute read 0 comments mgaft1

Hi Friends, For me, this is a somewhat unusual story, as it compelled me to go in some depth into medieval history.I explain how and why the story was written in Part 1. In Part 2 I started to discuss the situation of 14th century Russia. If you read...

#BIWAKKITCHEN029- Outdoor companion avalabile on Kickstarter!

30 May 2020 1 minute read 0 comments Biwakkitchen

Hello, dear food lovers, adventure seekers, and friends! We are more than happy to announce to you the release of our outdoor cookbook. Over the past year, we've put our heart and soul in experimenting, optimizing and testing new recipes that are per...

The nomad (A short story that turned out pretty long) Part 2

30 May 2020 4 minute read 1 comment mgaft1

Hi Friends, In the first part of the story, I explained the genesis of how and why the story was written. You can read about in Part 1 here The story discusses one of the key events of Russian history of the 14th century. Just to remind you, that at...

The nomad (A short story that turned out pretty long) Part 1

28 May 2020 4 minute read 1 comment mgaft1

Hi Friends, In one of those “finish the story” contests where I participated was chosen an excerpt from Phillip Dick's novel was chosen as the starting prompt. Thus the story that you are about to read is my attempt to wrap my own story around this e...