IntroductionAutumn in Mississippi is nothing like autumn in New York. There is no familiar painted foliage here—just a heavy, eternal summer. It was late August, and the thermometer was glued to ninety degrees.After a long walk through the grounds ...
22.10.2026
Chapter 1Major Alejandro Alvarez’s group had utterly botched their last two drug interdiction operations. The first time, the squad deployed from a high-speed interceptor boat; the second time, they dropped in from a helicopter. Both times, before ...
21.10.2026
Tokiko Iwatani was a Japanese writer, poet, and translator. She was born in Seoul, Korea, and her family relocated to Japan when she was just five years old, settling in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture. By 1963, she had established herself as a ...
20.10.2026
Prologue. Nostalgia for the UnlivedFor the past three years, Max had been meticulously and professionally killing the musician inside himself. His workspace resembled the control panel of a spaceship: expensive monitors, a MIDI keyboard, and a ...
16.10.2026
Epigraph:“No words are needed — just a breath,Two strings that live in harmony...”— AlejandroFinally, the weekend arrived—a beautiful September morning in Bay Ridge. I tossed my roller skates into a small backpack and headed to the promenade for a ...
07.10.2026
"There are places where time stops slipping away and begins to preserve."Few of Tom’s colleagues in Paris knew that his parents represented a remarkable union of two entirely different cultures. His father was a true American southerner from the ...
03.10.2026
Time counts the stars above the Luberon,Weaving from past and future a single strand,While eternity, like a wise ancient castle,Gazes from the hill, no longer needing to rush…Tom comfortably led five-year-old Chloe by the hand along the station ...
02.10.2026
“Silver at the temples and lines around the eyes — time’s inevitable price for the right to be truly happy.”Five-year-old Chloe was already completely ruling the living room, trying to teach three-year-old Leo how to properly build a tower out of ...
02.10.2026
“The zinc-grey roofs of Paris are the first to catch the pale pink silk of dawn, cradling the fragile silence of a waking city. Within their steep lines and labyrinth of chimneys, they guard the dreams of those brave enough to rewrite their own ...
01.10.2026
“Beneath the vintage awning of Le Chat Noir, the autumn of Montmartre plays a soft chord of rain, washing over rose petals into coffee cups. Here, in the cozy shadow of the bistro, it is so easy to hide from the passing crowds, yet impossible to ...
01.10.2026
“Time, change, and death, have no power over the thing, unto which a man hath once given his whole soul.”— John KeatsUpon returning from his trip to the Grand Canyon, Tom stayed with his parents for another week. His father asked him:"How are things ...
01.10.2026
Tom Swanson was never one to idle away his time, neither in high school nor during his college years. His mother, Madeleine, was French, and his father, Ben, was an American military officer stationed in the European Union. Their marriage was a ...
30.09.2026
The rain does not wash away the path we chose,It only deepens the footprints we leave behind.I was driving home to Bay St. Louis after a long shift in Kiln. The rain was pouring down, the sky was covered in heavy, leaden clouds, and my mood was ...
27.09.2026
EpigraphIn our mature years, so that we do not fall into despondency, the Lord returns our feelings of youth into reality. And when we have grown accustomed to it, He destroys that reality. Why?An Air Europa airliner took off from Paris, made an ...
24.09.2026
"The Lord allows our hearts to feel the warmth of youth once more,Yet shatters all the world around, so that the two become as one..."Part 1. At HomeThe situation in Venezuela changed abruptly, and our entire group was recalled. An unexpected ...
24.09.2026
PrefaceThe summer sun shone brightly through the curtains. The window was slightly open, and a pleasant, fresh summer air blew through the room, filling it with its coolness.As soon as the wind touched my cheeks, I woke up and opened my eyes. ...
14.08.2026
Years 1916 has come, today is your birthday mom, I hope you are very happy now.- Buffy, biz ədalətli getmək! - said Orlando Wolf, I silently took the basket and quickly left the house, at that moment Orlando thought to himself with a grin, then ...
12.10.2021
David returned to Storybrooke through the portal after a long battle, Emma and Neil met their father in a coffee at Grandma's, David runs out into the coffee to see the children and Snowball, Emma approached David, but she couldn't hold back the ...
02.08.2021