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Buenos Aliens
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2013
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Elevated: An Anthology of Short Stories
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2013
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Buenos Aires and the Origins of Sausse
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2014
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Inside insight: A Collection of Poetry
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2014
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Neocon Hard-on
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2015
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2 editions
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Lies and Hypocrisy
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The Heart Worm
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2015
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6 editions
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The Dull Fire: A novel
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The Price of Oranges
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Cannibal Republic
A short story about toxicity in society.
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Best thriller of the first half of 2026?
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Daniel, I really appreciate that perspective — 'reading as a fan first and a writer second' is such a healthy way to approach it. I think there's a re
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What makes a thriller worth rereading after you know the reveal?
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Poppy, that's exactly the feeling — the clues were there all along, and the second read becomes a treasure hunt you didn't realize you were on the fir
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March, 2084 sounds like a compelling concept — the idea of 'Erasers' whose job is to digitally scrub dissidents from the photographic record is chilli
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"I know you think of me as your mother only, but please remember, inside I am also just a girl."Sybil Van Antwerp is many things - an avid reader, a mother, a course auditor, a wife - and above all, a writer. But her writing does not gather a large f" Read more of this review » |
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“I’ve had enough of this.’ Romana began to gather her belongings, ‘I’m…’
‘No, don’t go!’ Hector mocked her. ‘You tell me what it’s like.’
‘Is that all you think of me? Aren’t you going to even give me an answer?’
‘I think you should take a good look at yourself, Romana. I don’t think I can help you.’
Romana flew off the sofa in a rage. ‘You’re un-fucking-believable.’
Hector sniggered. ‘You could change. You know that? It’s not too late.”
― Buenos Aliens
‘No, don’t go!’ Hector mocked her. ‘You tell me what it’s like.’
‘Is that all you think of me? Aren’t you going to even give me an answer?’
‘I think you should take a good look at yourself, Romana. I don’t think I can help you.’
Romana flew off the sofa in a rage. ‘You’re un-fucking-believable.’
Hector sniggered. ‘You could change. You know that? It’s not too late.”
― Buenos Aliens
“I asked Xavier what his story was, feeling my intrigue and inquisitiveness had built an image of him that was way out of proportion.
“My story?” He laughed, "I can’t imagine our stories are much different, school, childhood, adolescence, friends and girlfriends, all this bullshit. I went to university, took a job, then quit after three weeks because it was really, I mean really, boring. Then I came to the airport and I am waiting here. Just like you.”
― The Heart Worm
“My story?” He laughed, "I can’t imagine our stories are much different, school, childhood, adolescence, friends and girlfriends, all this bullshit. I went to university, took a job, then quit after three weeks because it was really, I mean really, boring. Then I came to the airport and I am waiting here. Just like you.”
― The Heart Worm
“So, why do we do it?” I decided at least to try and give the appearance of being in control.
“I don’t know, I swear some of you English men use it to seek me out and be obsessive on my front doorstep. What do you think? Are you going to come knocking on my door?”
“Well, I don’t know. I mean about the assumptions and the bullshit, not the door.” I thought it needed stressing, but immediately realised it was part of her game. “Perhaps it’s some kind of safety thing. If a stranger starts talking to you in the street, you have little by which to judge your safety. Here in a hotel lobby you have some sanctuary, but that doesn’t mean it’s safe. Not every hotel guest is in a foreign land, and I am sure not every Colombian is going to rob you, but I don’t know.”
“It is prejudice, if you ask me,” she spat distastefully.”
― The Heart Worm
“I don’t know, I swear some of you English men use it to seek me out and be obsessive on my front doorstep. What do you think? Are you going to come knocking on my door?”
“Well, I don’t know. I mean about the assumptions and the bullshit, not the door.” I thought it needed stressing, but immediately realised it was part of her game. “Perhaps it’s some kind of safety thing. If a stranger starts talking to you in the street, you have little by which to judge your safety. Here in a hotel lobby you have some sanctuary, but that doesn’t mean it’s safe. Not every hotel guest is in a foreign land, and I am sure not every Colombian is going to rob you, but I don’t know.”
“It is prejudice, if you ask me,” she spat distastefully.”
― The Heart Worm
“I’ve had enough of this.’ Romana began to gather her belongings, ‘I’m…’
‘No, don’t go!’ Hector mocked her. ‘You tell me what it’s like.’
‘Is that all you think of me? Aren’t you going to even give me an answer?’
‘I think you should take a good look at yourself, Romana. I don’t think I can help you.’
Romana flew off the sofa in a rage. ‘You’re un-fucking-believable.’
Hector sniggered. ‘You could change. You know that? It’s not too late.”
― Buenos Aliens
‘No, don’t go!’ Hector mocked her. ‘You tell me what it’s like.’
‘Is that all you think of me? Aren’t you going to even give me an answer?’
‘I think you should take a good look at yourself, Romana. I don’t think I can help you.’
Romana flew off the sofa in a rage. ‘You’re un-fucking-believable.’
Hector sniggered. ‘You could change. You know that? It’s not too late.”
― Buenos Aliens
“So, why do we do it?” I decided at least to try and give the appearance of being in control.
“I don’t know, I swear some of you English men use it to seek me out and be obsessive on my front doorstep. What do you think? Are you going to come knocking on my door?”
“Well, I don’t know. I mean about the assumptions and the bullshit, not the door.” I thought it needed stressing, but immediately realised it was part of her game. “Perhaps it’s some kind of safety thing. If a stranger starts talking to you in the street, you have little by which to judge your safety. Here in a hotel lobby you have some sanctuary, but that doesn’t mean it’s safe. Not every hotel guest is in a foreign land, and I am sure not every Colombian is going to rob you, but I don’t know.”
“It is prejudice, if you ask me,” she spat distastefully.”
― The Heart Worm
“I don’t know, I swear some of you English men use it to seek me out and be obsessive on my front doorstep. What do you think? Are you going to come knocking on my door?”
“Well, I don’t know. I mean about the assumptions and the bullshit, not the door.” I thought it needed stressing, but immediately realised it was part of her game. “Perhaps it’s some kind of safety thing. If a stranger starts talking to you in the street, you have little by which to judge your safety. Here in a hotel lobby you have some sanctuary, but that doesn’t mean it’s safe. Not every hotel guest is in a foreign land, and I am sure not every Colombian is going to rob you, but I don’t know.”
“It is prejudice, if you ask me,” she spat distastefully.”
― The Heart Worm
“If anything, it’s a destructive tendency, I have,” said Sebald. “I should stop, but if only they’d open this place already. I thought the gates of hell were supposed to be open night and day. First port of call is the cubicle to see if I can’t get this brain of mine more focussed on the important objective of doing some discreet rooting and tooting on the dance floor in-between bouts of indiscreet shaking and raking.”
― The Dull Fire: A novel
― The Dull Fire: A novel
“Perhaps you were just bathing in the overtly macho atmosphere. Besides you are talking about taking advantage, why haven’t you done so yet? These people would bow to your command,” said Blanche.
Jérémie looked at her and then looked away. She shook her head and said, “I mean all of them, us and them.”
― The Dull Fire: A novel
Jérémie looked at her and then looked away. She shook her head and said, “I mean all of them, us and them.”
― The Dull Fire: A novel
“Statistically, the incidence of ‘true statements’—definitional, demonstrative, tautological—in any given mass of discourse is probably small. The current of language is intentional, it is instinct with purpose in regard to audience and situation. It aims at attitude and assent. It will, except on specialized occasions of logically formal, prescriptive, or solemnized utterance, not convey ‘truth’ or ‘information of facts’ at all. We communicate motivated images, local frameworks of feeling. All descriptions are partial. We speak less than the truth, we fragment in order to reconstruct desired alternatives, we select and elide.”
― After Babel: Aspects of Language and Translation
― After Babel: Aspects of Language and Translation
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⋆｡ﾟNigella ﾟ☾ ﾟ｡⋆ (Juliette's Version) wrote: "Starting from scratch, huh? Wishing you good luck, Mel!"
thanks! I had some friendly internaut attrtibute erotica to my first profile, so here I am years later never giving up!
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Starting from scratch, huh? Wishing you good luck, Mel!