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The Silent Shutter

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September 10, 2026
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The creatures spoke of him with quiet reverence. To the rabbits, he was the giant who understood the precise angle of twilight. To the owls, he was the silent wanderer who never stepped on a dry twig. They marvelled at his peculiar garb: a thick woollen coat that reached his ankles, a leather cap pulled low over his brow and…
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The Forest Purgatory

As a Detective Inspector, I had seen my share of grim discoveries in the Icelandic highlands, but the skull sitting in the black mud was entirely different. It wore rusted wire-rimmed reading glasses, and inside them, a miniature wood stretched into a misty distance…

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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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