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Communing with Wizards in Myanmar

Communing with Wizards in Myanmar

Will 9 June, 2019 life, News, Stories Leave a Comment

When I came back to Myanmar seven months ago, I decided to dedicate myself to improving my language skills. When friends asked me why I wanted to improve my Burmese, I told them that the main reason — other than the important matter of being able to …

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Ontological Claustrophobia - A Short Story

Ontological Claustrophobia – A Short Story

Will 23 April, 2014 Stories Leave a Comment

So there I was, sitting amongst philosophers, and we were all talking about ontological claustrophobia, the fear of being, that kind of thing. The room was getting stuffy. We’d been there a long time, talking and talking and talking. Suddenly I felt out of breath. …

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The Bulgarians and Me

The Bulgarians and Me: a New Year’s Tale of Disappointment

Will 2 January, 2014 Stories 5 Comments

Well, what a disappointing day the first of January 2014 was. After spending all December reading the tabloid press (and the Telegraph as well), I’d whipped myself up into a state of some excitable frenzy at the thought of 50,000 Bulgarians trooping past my door …

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How the Revolution Began

Will 15 March, 2013 Stories Leave a Comment

After reading Julian Baggini’s piece on burning the Encyclopædia Britannica in Aeon Magazine, I couldn’t resist reposting this story about book-burning that I wrote way back (as one of my series of Yijing-based stories), and that was published on Necessary Fiction back in 2010. The story …

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Writer, philosopher, teacher of both writing and philosophy, researcher. Writing non-fiction, fiction and children's books. Interested in the places where philosophies, stories and lives intersect. Currently freelance and based in Sofia, Bulgaria. I am represented by Emma Finn at C+W Agency in London.

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