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Drunk and Driven

John Done was not, by nature, a criminal mastermind. He was a meek village librarian with a fondness for tweed jackets, sensible shoes and a quiet pint on a Friday evening. However, as he stood outside the Crown and Thistle at eleven o’clock on a frosty night, John found himself facing a monumental crisis: he had consumed three glasses of…

The Fox and the Crocodile

On the lush banks of the Great River, just at the edge of a tropical forest, once lived a clever crocodile named Olive and a sly fox named Basil. Olive was immensely proud of his tough, armoured scales and mighty jaws, but he hated missing a meal. Basil, on the…

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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