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Carnival
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Carnival

Let me tell you what happened to me during Carnival . . .
Matthew Coachinger
The Trick
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The Trick

A horror story about an eye that drew the author into a trap.
Matthew Coachinger
The Cake
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The Cake

Some unsolved mysteries—especially those made from flour, sugar, butter, and eggs—can end up being remarkably delicious.
Matthew Coachinger
Chess
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Chess

Even a supercomputer dreams of losing to someone smarter once in a while.
Matthew Coachinger
Higher
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Higher

Inhaling helium from a party balloon might seem like a bit of light fun, but it can take you far away from reality—and even to the moon.
Matthew Coachinger
The Babus of Nayanjore
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The Babus of Nayanjore

A short story by the Bengali polymath about the clash between different classes and generations—and between tradition and modernity.
Rabindranath Tagore
Lord Beast
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Lord Beast

A short story about how sometimes the gravest monsters are those inside humans, set centuries ago in a mystical land of islands, knights, and animals.
Radek Rak
Lematrix
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Lematrix

The books of science fiction writer Stanisław Lem contain interesting – if disturbing – visions of the world around us as a mere illusion.
Piotr Paziński
Weather this
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Weather this

“Hello day, I wanted to talk to you about the weather,/ though I never stop talking about it in blood and breath.” A poem by a contemporary British poet.
Zoë Skoulding
503
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503

Our in-house ‘coaching guru’ shares his wisdom – this time on the joys of mystery text messages.
Matthew Coachinger
Мастер Lem: How Stanisław Lem’s Sci-Fi Conquered the USSR
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Мастер Lem: How Stanisław Lem’s Sci-Fi Conquered the USSR

A scholar talks about why Polish science fiction writer Stanisław Lem was so well-received in the Soviet Union—and why he continues to be popular in Russia to this day.
Dariusz Kuźma
Memories of Violence
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Memories of Violence

Michel Laub – author of “Diary of the Fall”, among other books – talks about inheriting trauma, the situation of Jewish people in Brazil, and the mechanisms of violence.
Aleksandra Lipczak
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