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#BIWAKKITCHEN029- Outdoor companion avalabile on Kickstarter!

30 May 2020 1 minute read 0 comments Biwakkitchen $0.13

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 $0.03

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 $0.02

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...

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

26 May 2020 4 minute read 3 comments mgaft1 $0.04

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 $0.03

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 $0.03

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 $0.01

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 $0.03

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 $0.17

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 $0.08

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...