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Zlatko Enev – Writer, Essayist, and Creator of Firecurl
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Desire and Delusion

Wanting too much –
or the wrong thing.

Love twisted, imagined, misplaced.
What we chase, what we invent,
what we break just to feel.


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Jun 15, 2025

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

“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 her voice in his head,…
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Jun 11, 2025

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’t really a boy anymore, but a short-cropped, greying little man. “It was ‘no’ the other day, too, and look how that…
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Jun 02, 2025

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 in his neck that no longer allowed faster movements. The blurred figure across from him reminded him that he’d…
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    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
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    ... „напред“ е по... Saturday, 09 August 2025
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    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
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