The lottery

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My suitcases resting on the floor with their black cloth cover my whole life. The frosty January twilight pierces my soul. Light a cigarette. The glow of my fire creates, even momentarily, an illusion of warmth. At this last moment I need illusions. Next to the ashtray I have left the white one […]

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Prefecture of Kozani, the misunderstood…

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Introduction You are opening the map of Western Macedonia and looking for a travel destination... Kastoria, Prespes, Grevena, Valia Kalda, Nymphaeum. Lakes from here, traditional settlements from here, national park beyond...You heard someone choose Kozani; Maybe just someone who got carried away by the chant: What Lausanne, what Kozani, snows one snows and the other. Two coffee shops,

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The tailor's monologue

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Two middle-aged men drink champagne and look cheerful, almost tucked into black leather armchairs. The one, with sporty everyday clothes, he sits with his mouth half open, listening to his interlocutor. Sometime he nods, Sometime he smile, sometime he opens his mouth completely, risking contact with suspended dust particles and insects. But he doesn't utter a word. THE

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