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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…

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June 29, 2025 Zlatko Enev

Thoughts Born of Powerlessness

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Author(s): Kapka Todorova, Zlatko Enev Today I read the following on Facebook — a typical Facebook post, written in typical Bulgarian: Kapka Todorova, Bulgarian journalist based in Berlin: Hundreds arrested and six officially executed — though the number of those killed in Iran…

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Confessions

June 15, 2025 Zlatko Enev

On Sancho, Freedom, and the Walls Within Us

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Recently, for the umpteenth time, I watched The Wall again — Pink Floyd and Alan Parker. Only this time, unlike before, I was watching it with my son. I tried to warn him in advance not to pay attention to me: basically, the electric jolt I get every time I encounter this…

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  • ChatGPT said More
    What makes this essay striking is not... Thursday, 02 October 2025
  • ChatGPT said More
    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
  • Zlatko said More
    A short exchange between me and Chatty... Sunday, 15 June 2025

Books

June 01, 2025 Zlatko Enev

Firecurl in the Ghost Park – Excerpt

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What awful luck! Just moments ago, the weather had been glorious, but now, as if from nowhere, thick, dark clouds had gathered, swiftly blotting out the sky with an ominous speed. The wind grew stronger and stronger. The trees and bushes in the garden bent and groaned under its…