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Money, Money, Money

In a quiet, still green clearing within the forest, the animals decided to abandon the barter system. Bartering was tedious, especially for Barney the Badger, who was tired of lugging forty sacks of pinecones to the lake just to buy a single jar of river trout from the Observant Otters.…

The Three Mid-Lives of Giuseppe Parpanuel

In a quiet village nestled between rolling green hills, a boy named Giuseppe Parpanuel was born with a constitution so delicate he seemed made of tissue paper. His know-it-all Aunt Filomena looked at the pale infant and declared, he would last twelve months, twenty-four at most. Consequently, the family delayed…

The Midnight Tinkerer

August 15, 2026
‘If one day,’ he thought, ‘all humans will be like me, then I shall become rich with my invention.’ He saw many billions flying before his greedy eyes. From that day onwards, Everett worked tirelessly to perfect his moonglasses.…

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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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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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