Dan Costinas

Dan Costinas

When Life Gives You Books

September 16, 2026
That evening, sitting amidst tower blocks of Victorian drainage history, Phineas realised Mrs Brown was right. Lemons were versatile. Books were heavy, flammable and stubbornly dry. But as the rain began to drizzle over the hill, he decided that if life refused to give him citrus, he would simply have to improvise…

Thus Spoke Zarathustra

The book remains one of the most influential works in modern philosophy. It challenges readers to step away from mindless conformity, take responsibility for their own lives and constantly strive towards personal transformation and creative self-expression…

In Retrospect

July 20, 2026
Arthur J. was not a fast driver. In fact, he was one of those who treated 30 mph in a 40 mph zone as a daring, adrenaline-fuelled gamble with fate. He liked predictability. He liked his hands firmly at ten and two…

The Indie Song of the Cicadas

July 19, 2026
There is a tragic beauty in this literary ecosystem. To spend months or years crafting a universe, knowing it may only ever be read by a handful of people, perhaps family, a few loyal friends, and a stranger across an ocean, is a pure, unadulterated form of devotion…

0.00% Crunch

It was 100% chemical perfection. No gluten to inflame the gut. No sugar to spike the blood. No fat to clog the tubes. No salt to strain the pump. It was a perfectly engineered, mathematically flawless fuel for a perfectly miserable existence.…

The Lizard of Oz

July 11, 2026
Within minutes, a small crowd had gathered, cheering and throwing confetti made of rose petals. Lizzie tried to explain that her greatest achievement to date was catching a particularly fat bluebottle fly, but her protests were drowned out by the applause…

The Forest Purgatory

July 11, 2026
As a Detective Inspector, I had seen my share of grim discoveries in the Icelandic highlands, but the skull sitting in the black mud was entirely different. It wore rusted wire-rimmed reading glasses, and inside them, a miniature wood stretched into a misty distance…
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About Me

Former diplomat and globetrotter, Dan Costinas is a versatile contemporary writer, translator, and editor. A true polyglot, he has authored and contributed to several dozen books spanning mainly fiction, essays, aphorisms, reviews and criticism, journalism, and poetry.

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Books of Our Continent

From the quiet shelves of forty-four national archives and ancient university libraries to the cosy corners of independent bookstores and modest home…

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