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Beware of vamps (An original short story) Part 5 of 5

26 May 2020 4 minute read 3 comments mgaft1

Part 1Part 2Part 3Part 4   Morgan’s voice goes more down from her usual timbre, “Why are they keeping you in the same accommodation with men?” “As if this makes any difference, sweetheart,” Loran lowers her head and half-closes them with her hand in...

Beware of vamps (An original short story) Part 4 of 5

25 May 2020 4 minute read 0 comments mgaft1

Part 1Part 2Part 3   “Come on Adam. Don’t be annoying. That …”, she pushed his hand away, “isn’t going to score you points.” “Ok, ok. I am not asking you anything.” Storsky rolls to his back and fixes his gaze at the point on the ceiling.   Softy  ...

Beware of vamps (An original short story) Part 3 of 5

24 May 2020 5 minute read 0 comments mgaft1

Part 1Part 2   “Exactly. So why do we keep vamps around? To test the quality of the artificial blood.” Berman now looks directly at Storsky. “So you, young man, is going to ‘draw vamps’ blood.” Storsky’s head jerks back but then he smiles, “That’s p...

Somnambulant’s Song

23 May 2020 15 minute read 0 comments Kirilum

He’s there again. I can hear him before I even look. It’s been two years that I’ve walked past this man playing the same tired old tune. The notes come out his strangled trumpet like shrill screams. The only time he’s gone is when it rains. Day after...

Beware of vamps (An original short story) Part 2 of 5

23 May 2020 4 minute read 0 comments mgaft1

He is our CEO. Then I will give you a walk through the barn. That is … what we call a “Barn” Kuhn showed the double quote sign in the air. Technical terms for it is a vivarium. Follow me. I will take you to Mr. Berman’s office.”   Part 1   The inte...

Book Review - "The Museum of Innocence" by Orhan Pamuk

19 May 2020 3 minute read 0 comments Cryptotexty

The last crypto conference which I attended before the quarantine was "Blockchain Economy" in February 2020 in Istanbul (Turkey). That time coronavirus was already a trending topic, but only a few countries implemented some additional measures. I was...

To change Poetry for Crypto...

6 May 2020 1 minute read 1 comment Cryptotexty

A minute of poetry... Many years ago I used to write poetry. I even published 2 poetry books. Second one which was published in 2013 with the circulation of 1000 copies. Many friends whom I knew back then from literature circles told that it's a big...

My mother's impossible nightmare

30 Apr 2020 3 minute read 2 comments ramonoropeza

We are in the year 2000 and my mother works at the Compañía Anónima Nacional Telefonos de Venezuela (CANTV for its Spanish acronym). She works as a telecommunications technician at that company. She has been during its privatization and nationalizati...

When You Get Tired

29 Apr 2020 2 minute read 0 comments cryptarter

As a human, we are bound to have limitations. From the things we want, versus what we can just have; to the things we receive, against the things we’d like to have, and things we can tolerate to have. Life is never about wanting for something and toi...

Airship Story

22 Apr 2020 8 minute read 0 comments Iohannes

This story was started in 2011. I was going to try and get it published in a collection of short stories, but the project didn't pan out. So, with this platform, and somewhat going with the blog's theme, I figure might try and give it new life here....