Short stories
Poznałem Asię pewnego pochmurnego popołudnia. Ja właśnie skończyłem pracę i ona płakała z egoistycznej rozczarowania na ławce publiczny w pobliżu przystanku, gdzie czekałem na mój tramwaj abym jechać do domu. Widziałem ją przyjść z gracją i usiąść też z gracją… Continue Reading
Idyll (This morning, 1949) 1. However, I was thinking about the blond woman from the film like every Saturday when after the cinema we walked across the vacant lot behind the factory, yes with the moon one always gets a… Continue Reading
She’d never had such a feeling before. It was a mix of melancholia and resignation. She felt that her relationship was going nowhere; although everything was well between her and her boyfriend. She felt attracted to him, physically and spiritually,… Continue Reading
I can never remember my dreams. It’s one of my biggest regrets. They are so vivid and so imaginative that, we I able to recall them at will, I’m sure I’d be a better writer. When I was a kid,… Continue Reading
He was certain he would survive this time. He had died so many times before, but this time it just felt different. Probably because he didn’t want it anymore; he wanted to live eternally as written in some book he’d… Continue Reading
Working on a Sunday morning can be a surrealistic experience if we are set in the right mood. To start with, I ride my bike to work because it’s nearby. No need of trams. The streets are empty, and the… Continue Reading
If I hadn’t met disillusion in your eyes, if I hadn’t been abandoned in my hopes, if I hadn’t lost my mind for you, if I could always sleep at night, I wouldn’t be writing a new story, and I… Continue Reading
Recently someone remarked that my horror stories are too violent and therefore unpleasant. I answered that I just depict the world as it is; the pristine world is generous but also hostile to human kind and we need to thrive… Continue Reading
How many times have I read White Nights? I’m not sure. I’d say enough times to have this story imprinted on my mind. Is that a perfect romantic story? Yes, it is, because what more romantic than someone who can’t… Continue Reading
Romantic stories are condemned to be uninteresting to people who have never felt some kind of strong emotion, but, for many, this story will sound familiar. I went to work that day, as any other, trying to focus on the… Continue Reading