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PSYCHIC EYE

November 3, 2026
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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…

Kāma-sūtra – Intimacy for Dummies?

September 30, 2026
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The Kāma-sūtra is not a manual for sensual enjoyment. If that were the case, it would be a very short work indeed. It is merely a detailed discourse on the Art of Living and the Art of Well-Being, necessary for any cultured person and ranging from cooking and music to…
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D1.

September 30, 2026
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Dream big, but live in the real world. Fantasy worlds are beautiful, but reality offers true opportunities to grow. After all, that is where we actually get to live them out…
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Literary Hackers

September 29, 2026
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There is an important irony here. A writer can describe black-hat techniques without becoming a black-hat literary hacker. Orwell exposes linguistic manipulation precisely so that readers can recognise it. His novel is therefore closer to a security researcher revealing a vulnerability than to an attacker exploiting one for personal gain.…
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The F-Word

September 26, 2026
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It just sounds ridiculous. It is a word that tries so hard to be sophisticated and fabulous, yet somehow ends up sounding completely absurd. And the worst part is trying to explain myself when it happens in public; trying to explain that I have this linguistic tic I just cannot…
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Rocket Science

September 23, 2026
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What they neglected to mention was that when your plumbing breaks on Earth, you call a bloke named Max who arrives in a van and drinks your tea. When your plumbing breaks in a Martian suburban semi-detached, it requires an advanced understanding of fluid dynamics, orbital mechanics and the precise…
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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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