Elena Malec

Her name was Aisha, her eyes were embers, her skin was ebony. Graceful as a gazelle, young Aisha was running slowly across the savanna. Flowering acacia trees under a magenta sky scattered dreams of

These days our village sounds to me like a giant ocean shell uncorked between ventricles of hippocampi, and foaming with chilled Korbel. Is this a fin de siècle or what ? An ex-princess

Little by little I become aware of a basic rule in life: in order to eat right one needs to learn how to bite. You may wish to hold on to the shell if consuming, let’s say a mussel, for later

I was raised with a worship of education, and I have never overcome completely the age of \"why\". I still believe that only humans - homo sapiens sapiens - have the capacity to educate their spirit

Monday morning with artist catching up on his sleep among limbs & naked busts of mannequins. Outdoors decapitated seedlings of Zinnia Thumbelina pose with needlelike green

I know they’ve been around for tens of centuries – three abstract nouns named Justice, Patriotism, Freedom, I used to revere until I had the chance to confront them with my fear: they were but

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The self-made multimillionaire had a multimillion dream he cherished throughout his life more than his soul; and when it did come true, he had too little to enjoy but self-esteem. That’s

Certain things cannot be erased from memory. My first trip to my new home at sunset. The car was rolling on a velvet-like ribbon under a perfect blue sky. Palm trees on the right, multicolored

When turtledoves yield their turtlenecks in order to wing a peace accord, beware; the sacrificial birds have been inspected by haruspices at dawn. The choice meatmarkets will sell fresh

I would hold my eyes between my teeth like a killer his knife while he is tying up his victim. In this way I can walk almost safe among the fittest; and no one would know I am but a Schöne

Dusty and thirsty and poor they journeyed for the Promised Land; crossing the Rockies and forlorn valleys with new Christian hopes, with mouths of sand, mouths of lust, with hungry mouths, in

One morning, when I opened the window the sun spilled on my Persian rug like a huge cup of Turkish coffee, bittersweet hot; yet, retaining all burned grounds for itself. Had I

Despite the fact that any piece of criticism should start from the opus and not from an external concept, with Henry James it is better to do it vice versa. That’s because he is a pioneer of the 20th

Diaphanous, smooth perfect shell of frail chalk enclosing a mystic well – zygotic thrill – expectation folded in gel. Mama – the egg… Never mind who came first. It’s a time lock under a

Brief declarations of three ministers of war facing a crisis, Mein Kampf, and only one nuclear formula; each of them – weighing a few tons – was opening horrendous black holes. How time is

Sand was running from their mouths, but we thought it was Salt, and our food would taste better. Soon the earth was covered with dunes of Sand and Sacrifice- Still life of military genius Set