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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…

The Lazy Club

The afternoon sun hit the vinyl couch at precisely the angle required…

The Dealmaker’s Ash

The photo was his only remaining window into the attaché’s final moments. This fireplace, with its specific brickwork, was from the private lounge of the Hans Egede hotel. Petersen’s eyes focused on the items on the mantlepiece, visible in the photograph. The copper pot and the twin smoking pipes; so…

The Wife of the Sea

June 14, 2026
The old men at the docks watched with furrowed brows as she hauled the heavy longlines onto the deck. Her muscles burned in fierce protest against the weight, but she refused to slow down, even if she could feel their judgment. And worse, their appetite for her failure.…

The Barista God

June 12, 2026
He bought single-origin beans from places he couldn’t even spell. He bought a small digital scale to weigh his grounds to the nearest tenth of a gram, and began describing his morning shot as having “notes of sun-dried hazelnut and a whispered promise of blueberry.”…

My Alpha Reader

June 11, 2026
I took a photo of him today, right in the middle of an intense brainstorming session next to my keyboard. Look at that intellectual gaze, those wide, supportive eyes, and that vibrant, unmistakable neon complexion.…

The Art of Writing in the Dark

June 10, 2026
In the spirit of Jorge Luis Borges, Umberto Eco, or Italo Calvino, one might say: “The history of literature is the history of authors trying to convince readers that the dark does not exist, while secretly being terrified of what is hiding in it.”…

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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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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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