"Jesus is the masterpiece. The thieves are minor works. Why are they there? Not to frame the crucifixion, as some innocent souls believe, but to hide it." 2066 "Now what sea is this you have crossed, exactly, and what sea is it you have plunged more than once to the bottom of, alerted, full of … Continue reading Of Thanatos, Ansky’s Notebook and a City in the Desert, a #reading of “2666” by Roberto Bolaño
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#FiveSentenceFiction: Waves
Tirelessly, we walk along the shore, the light reflected from the trees, as if attracted to your beauty, the sea breeze caressing your hair: a summer poem. Deep in the cove lie the lazy rocks, and, perhaps some deeper secrets, even a sea monster and her mermaid lover? We laugh: waves lick the sand, wooing … Continue reading #FiveSentenceFiction: Waves
#AtoZChallenge: April 9, 2013 ~ Helen of Troy
Your face has come to us across three millennia, in a halo of mystery and staggering beauty: you were the daughter of Zeus, king of the gods, and Leda, also known as Nemesis. In Sanskrit, your name means “the shining one”. The boy who abducted you, Pâris, mad with admiration and lust, suffered a terrible … Continue reading #AtoZChallenge: April 9, 2013 ~ Helen of Troy