Andrei Platonov once said, “From our ugliness will grow the soul of the world.” He was right. He knew the hardships of life better than...

Andrei Platonov once said, “From our ugliness will grow the soul of the world.” He was right. He knew the hardships of life better than...
(short story, written summer 2021/1498 words) When someone asks if I’m in a relationship or not, I always answer: “Of course, I am.” Usually,...
written by Jessica Hope (guest post) Give me a decent bottle of poison and I’ll construct the perfect crime. Agatha Christie Made famous by the...
Facts Charles Péguy was a French novelist, dramatist, and idealist – who later in life became deeply fascinated by mysticism, the fight against fascism,...
“The world has become like the world in my books,” wrote Andre Malraux. The 30s of the XX century were the time of global...
I abhor the idea of a perfect world. It would bore me to tears. Shelby Foote Imagine you walk into your friend’s apartment on a...
Congratulations on your beautiful new book, “Nobody Will Like This Book”. Could you tell us a little about the idea behind it and about...
Alexander Raphael discusses his new (third) book, his place in the literary world, the power and challenges of writing daily. His first book of...
I have a remedy against thirst, quite contrary to that which is good against the biting of a mad dog. Keep running after a...
“When one sees one of my pictures, one asks oneself this simple question, “What does it mean?” It does not mean anything, because mystery...
We chatted with John W. Howell about his new novel Eternal Road: The final stop, the transformation of the heroes, and the meaning behind...
No book worth its salt is meant to put you to sleep, it’s meant to make you jump out of bed in your underwear...