Monthly Archive: July 2020

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Sound of Sin

It is 1683 and Vienna is under siege – from the Ottomans on the outside and refugee priests on the inside.

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Melkita’ Ulamun

My mother was an amazing and brilliant musician. Music was her only ally in the long pitifully sad and abandoned evenings. She used to sing and play music to ease her weary mind and...

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Jazz in the time of Blitzkrieg

Although the shrieking scream of the V2 rocket was receding, Billy was left trembling, in the drafty hollow apartment. He felt, more than heard, the low thud of the missile hitting the ground, if...

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A Deathly Audience

Fynn looked behind him as he snuck out of the bar, making sure his brothers had not seen him. The streets of Pforzheim were full of propaganda posters for the war, which was in...

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The Boy In the Library

There is something romantic about the Central Library. The world is always quiet in there. The perfect  tranquillity of life and the odour of knowledge and emotions resting calmly between the crispy pages. The...

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Poems of Love and Death

Jean’s hand swept over the fluffy feather attached to his quill, candlelight glinting against its ivory tip, waiting to be grasped, to dance on the page once more. His other hand clutched an elaborately...

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Transference

Cesar made his way through the maze of bookcases, until he finally reached the one he was looking for. He bent down on the soft, carpeted floor. Strange. The book wasn’t there. He connected...

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The Grey Suit

Marcus was bending over the table which was covered with photographs from the crime scenes, forensic reports, press cuttings and a bundle of files. His shoulders were aching and his spine felt like it...

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The Vitruvian Murders

“How does it feel to tailor wedding suits for three generations of the Smiths?” asked Brad who had his arms spread out as the tailor took the measurements. They were in a small, cozy...