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Monthly Archive

June 2025

Welcome to our Archives page. On this page you will find totaly 64 of our articles broken down into Months and Years.
Stuck in the Moment
Desire and Delusion
Zlatko Enev
574
9 min read

Stuck in the Moment

    “No,” said the Girl, and there was a familiar note in her voice. Painfully familiar. “No parking!” “Keep off the grass!” “Occupied!” “Oh, come on,” thought the Boy – who by now wasn read more..
Not in Our Image
Thinking Beyond Us
Zlatko Enev
621
9 min read

Not in Our Image

    On the Limits of Anthropocentric Intelligence “I know that I know nothing.”  – Socrates From the very depths of the evolution of human intelligence as we know it today, we’ve read more..
The Risks of Communication
Perception and Pain
Zlatko Enev
310
<1min
Vengeful Memory
Perception and Pain
Zlatko Enev
304
<1min
Vanity’s Real Crime
Vanity and Identity
Zlatko Enev
313
<1min
Good ol’ Thackeray
Vanity and Identity
Zlatko Enev
288
<1min
The Magic Called “Simplicity”
Play and Simplicity
Zlatko Enev
711
6 min read

The Magic Called “Simplicity”

  A strange thing happened — I woke up yesterday and found the world to be… good. I should say straight away: I hadn’t smoked anything. I simply opened my eyes — outside, a grey and grubby mor read more..
The Elite Individual
Spiritual Struggle
Zlatko Enev
678
9 min read

The Elite Individual

    I begin this text with the relatively clear awareness that in writing it, I am committing a sort of ultimate version of that original philosophical sin – contradictio in adjecto, a c read more..
How to STOP Writing in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
Thinking Beyond Us
Zlatko Enev
501
8 min read

How to STOP Writing in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

    A Survival Manual in a World of Intellectual Overproduction The times we’re passing through are just as strange as all those that came before. I am far from thinking our current dif read more..
Economy of scale
Vanity and Identity
Zlatko Enev
366
<1min
Confessions of a Repentant Gamer
Inner Crossroads
Zlatko Enev
469
15 min read

Confessions of a Repentant Gamer

    I wrote this piece back in 2009, in the aftermath of what I can only describe as a silent collapse — the kind that happens not with drama or disaster, but with quiet, daily erosion. read more..
What Firecurl Really Is
Thought and Subversion
Zlatko Enev
361
4 min read

What Firecurl Really Is

  The official history says Firecurl was a danger. But who controls the history? And what happens to those who remember differently?See the whole story at firecurl.com People sometimes a read more..
The Work of Literature in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction
Thinking Beyond Us
Zlatko Enev
406
7 min read

The Work of Literature in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction

  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 read more..
The Wonderful New Literary World: Language Creation in the Age of Real-Time Translation
Thinking Beyond Us
Zlatko Enev
391
7 min read

The Wonderful New Literary World: Language Creation in the Age of Real-Time Translation

    The Shackles of the Tongue: A Quiet Tyranny Language is often described as a gift — the mother tongue, a homeland of thought. But for most writers on this planet, language has functio read more..
The Children of Hans Asperger
The Children of Hans Asperger
Zlatko Enev
401
2 min read

The Children of Hans Asperger

This essay offers a raw and compelling chronicle of one family’s life alongside autism — not as an abstract diagnosis, but as a daily, intimate reality. At its centre is Lea, the daughter of the narra... read more..
The Children of Hans Asperger – Excerpt
The Children of Hans Asperger
Zlatko Enev
402
15 min read

The Children of Hans Asperger – Excerpt

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 t... read more..
A week in Paradise
A Week in Paradise
Zlatko Enev
399
2 min read

A week in Paradise

A Week in Paradise is a sharply observed and darkly humorous account of three Bulgarians arriving in newly reunified Berlin — a city still trembling with history and possibility. The protagonists, Vla... read more..
A Week in Paradise – Excerpt
A Week in Paradise
Zlatko Enev
364
15 min read

A Week in Paradise – Excerpt

A Week in Paradise Shame rides on the edge of the familiar The sky above Berlin glows as if polished by careful German hands... Sounds flat, Vladko thinks. Pure kitsch. A sky is a sky—nowhere does ... read more..
An Emigrant’s Story
Exile and Return
Zlatko Enev
532
23 min read

An Emigrant’s Story

    Hello friends, I’m starting something here that feels a bit questionable – but then again, why not? During the night I was haunted by a flurry of vague dreams where old and new memo read more..
Requiem for Nobody
Requiem for Nobody
Zlatko Enev
354
<1min

Requiem for Nobody

  It begins in a drowsy provincial town — Prespan, somewhere deep in 1980s Bulgaria — at a moment when history quietly forgets its manners. The so-called “Revival Process” is in full swing, and read more..
Requiem for Nobody – Excerpt
Requiem for Nobody
Zlatko Enev
473
18 min read

Requiem for Nobody – Excerpt

Köpenik, Berlin, the beginning of the new century „This isn’t you,” she said in a tremulous voice. „I don’t recognize you like this.” Regaining control, she repeated, „This isn’t you.” He flared up... read more..
The Tears
Family Dynamics
Zlatko Enev
589
10 min read

The Tears

  „Shall I leave you alone?“ his mother asked from behind, and coughed – sharp, cutting. He didn’t answer, pulled one of the stools toward him and sank heavily onto it. The coffin swayed threat read more..
The She-Angel
Desire and Delusion
Zlatko Enev
764
6 min read

The She-Angel

  „Hello,“ said someone behind him, and he nearly slipped off the seat of the worn, spinning chair – his faithful comrade in the endless battle with words. He turned slowly, cursing the pain read more..
Short Stories – Introduction
Short Stories
Zlatko Enev
443
<1min

Short Stories – Introduction

Too long for a quote, too short for a novel — and just right for people who like their meaning delivered without excessive stretching. The short story is the espresso of literature: concentrated, poss... read more..
Essays – Introduction
Essays
Zlatko Enev
401
<1min

Essays – Introduction

These are not academic essays. They are reflections – fragments of a long conversation with the world, spoken in a voice that shifts between personal, political, philosophical. Some are rooted in plac... read more..
Confessions – Introduction
Confessions
Zlatko Enev
345
<1min

Confessions – Introduction

Enter quietly. These are rooms without doors — lit from the inside, yet never fully seen from the street. Some are small and spare. Others are crowded with memory, contradiction, or unspoken names. ... read more..
Minimalisms – Introduction
Minimalisms
Zlatko Enev
377
<1min

Minimalisms – Introduction

What happens when thought lets go of its certainties and turns inward—into paradox, silence, friction, and play? Minimalisms offers no answers, only openings. Each short text in this series is a cut, ... read more..
Books – Introduction
Books
Zlatko Enev
403
<1min

Books – Introduction

Twenty-five years of writing — with little noise and even less reward. No prizes, no bestseller lists, no literary salons. Just words. Piled up quietly, like stones in a field no one walks through. ... read more..
Firecurl in the Ghost Forest
Firecurl in the Ghost Forest
Zlatko Enev
377
1 min read

Firecurl in the Ghost Forest

  In a house filled with broken toys and forgotten dreams, nine-year-old Anne — called Firecurl for the wild red hair she cannot tame — stumbles into a game far older, and far more dangerous, th read more..
Firecurl in the Ghost Forest – Excerpt
Firecurl in the Ghost Forest
Zlatko Enev
429
15 min read

Firecurl in the Ghost Forest – Excerpt

Somewhere towards the end of town, in a small cottage surrounded by a spacious garden, lived the red-haired Anne with her mother. Her father, whom she visited from time to time in a distant town, had ... read more..
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