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PSYCHIC EYE

I read the sign and climb a stair. The office door is smoky glass. Inside, a radio plays jazz. I go in. He points to a chair. He’s shabby, but he don’t look dumb. His voice is booze and cigarettes: a weary voice, full of regrets. A gumshoe, laid back, chewing gum. I tell him: “You’re a Psychic Eye. I…

Beyond Blank

Literature lightens the inborn loneliness of existence, reminding us that our deepest…

Stung by a Horrible Thought

August 9, 2026
The memory hit him with horrifying clarity. It was August. The weather had been dreadful. His wife, Brenda, had been shouting from the passenger seat of the Nissan Qashqai about the traffic on the A30. Benedict had rushed out to fetch the beach umbrellas from the shed, shoved the door…

When the Rain Smelt of Cinnamon

August 9, 2026
When the first heavy droplet struck Kahurānaki’s cheek, he reached to adjust the woven palm cloak across his shoulders, expecting the usual sharp sting of an oceanic downpour. Instead, a rich spice filled the damp air, as though someone had tipped a sack of freshly ground bark straight into the…

The Last Truth Unearthed

August 5, 2026
At the edge of the scene stood a child holding an adult’s hand, watching the empty flowerbed with complete innocence. He was two years old. Twenty-five years later, he would be arrested for a murder that had already happened and had not yet begun...…

The 6 O’Clock Cicadas

August 1, 2026
She looked up towards the source, expecting to see a cloud of emerging insects. But she saw nothing. The dense leaves remained motionless. Instead, the cicadas were emerging from the sound itself, from the materialised vibrations...…
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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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