Short stories - Page 2

1003 Nights: Leipzig dreamed in Ukrainian

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“I have never been to Germany, and saw Leipzig only in photos or in dreams. In this poem, I wanted to depict a Leipzig of the past, a place in a time long gone.” (1003 Nights literary contest winner - poetry)

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Lou-Lou and the bomb left behind

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"Those ten yards from the bomb to my front door are the path home when I get off a number 12 tram. Now those are Lou-Lou's yards, yards and time and unburned buildings that belong to whoever pulled the lever too soon and whoever wired that bomb too loosely."

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1003 Nights: “Memoir of an Anarchist City”

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"Of course, Charlemagne couldn't destroy that Leipzig spirit: and neither would the Habsburgs, Napoleon, Hitler, or Stalin." (1003 Nights literary contest winner - mixed genre)

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Memories and ghosts in a Prague hotel

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"They welcomed me and then oddly warned me the hotel was haunted, especially my room, then wished me a good night."

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