A Short Story to Understand Corruption — I have always considered myself a man of simple pleasure: give me a good cup of coffee, maybe with some brandy in it, a beautiful woman to pass the night, and I’m the happiest person out there. I don’t like expensive clothes, nor do I find pleasure in wearing a…

What I learned from Will Grayson, Will Grayson (by John Green and David Levithan) — I won’t start this article by saying “I’m not gay.” Even though I’m just beginning to realize that — in a way — I did. Or maybe I am gay, and I’m just afraid to be labelled as gay. The latter being a foolish thing to fear, given the fact…

A Short Story — Connor Clancy was sitting on a low wall outside Milano Centrale station, wearing a black suit — jacket, trousers, and waistcoat — although it was too hot for a suit. He had been there for hours, slowly drenching in the drizzling rain, while, behind him, commuters fought their way out…

Fiction Friday — She visits the Graveyard every day, slowly carrying her tiny frame over the hill and through the thicket of tall shrubs and oak trees, where — just over a tiny slope — the grassy fields break out into the knee-high, muss-covered stone wall. It’s always at night, just after sundown…

How to Get Rid of Witches in Four Easy-to-Read Chapters — |PROLOGUE, The Ultimate Manual to Witch-Hunting (Revised Edition, Written by Not-A-Woman)| Is your village haunted by demons? Do you have a problem with ghostly apparitions? Do you think that the woman down the alley is a witch? If you answered affirmatively to these three questions, then you stumbled on the…