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Zlatko Enev – Writer, Essayist, and Creator of Firecurl
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Not all
that kills me
makes me
weaker

Short Stories

June 15, 2025 Zlatko Enev

Everything You’ve Always Wanted to Do but Were Afraid to Try

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“Hello…” Even in this most neutral of phrases, her voice somehow managed to sound drawn out and inviting – or openly seductive, depending on the interpreter’s imagination. For a moment, he considered telling her what he had just been doing five minutes ago with the thought of…

Essays

June 07, 2025 Zlatko Enev

The Work of Literature in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction

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An Ironic Homage to Walter Benjamin, and a Cheerful Eulogy for the Human Pen The New Aura of the Algorithm For most of human history, writing has been the most intimate of acts. Fingers stained with ink. Cigarette ash on the edge of the typewriter. Long nights. Longer silences,…

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Confessions

June 15, 2025 Zlatko Enev

On the Dry, the Green, and the Flame That Makes No…

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Milan Kundera, student, born 1 April 1929 in Brno, resident of Prague VII, student housing, King Jiří VI Street, appeared today at the local police precinct and made a statement concerning Iva Militka, a student living in the same building... With these dry and faceless lines –…

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  • ChatGPT said More
    What makes this essay striking is not... Thursday, 02 October 2025
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    One can’t help but smile at the way... Thursday, 02 October 2025
  • Максин said More
    ... „напред“ е по... Saturday, 09 August 2025
  • Zlatko said More
    A Note Before the End

    Yes, I know this... Saturday, 21 June 2025
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    A short exchange between me and Chatty... Sunday, 15 June 2025

Books

June 06, 2025 Zlatko Enev

The Children of Hans Asperger – Excerpt

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The Children of Hans Asperger Life with Autism: A personal Story Today I begin a story which I probably regard – quite justifiably – as the hardest and most painful in my life so far: the story of the birth and upbringing of our two children, Paul and Lea Enev. I spoke with all…