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Zlatko Enev – Writer, Essayist, and Creator of Firecurl
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Not all
that kills me
makes me
weaker

Essays

November 10, 2025 Zlatko Enev

Dr. Cassandra, or: How We Learned to Worry Nonstop and Call…

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Looking back through history, one can find something almost touching in the way each historical era selects its preferred image of catastrophe. Medieval Europe feared God’s wrath; the 19th century imagined civilization collapsing under the weight of its own decadence. The late…

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Confessions

August 09, 2025 Zlatko Enev

A Brief Attempt at a Theory of Happiness

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Have I ever told you my own theory about the inverted perspective on happiness? It’s simple, and sounds eccentric only at first hearing. People my age, I suppose, are well acquainted with the empirical side of the matter, even if perhaps less inclined to generalise as generously…

Short Stories

June 20, 2025 Zlatko Enev

Metamorphosis–2

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“When one morning Gregor Samsa awoke from troubled dreams…” “Wait, wait! Can’t we do something else today?” He tried not to show any signs of irritation, closed the small luxury volume — carefully tucking in the straw — and slowly lifted his eyes toward the camera. The face in…

The Kiss

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ChatGPT posted a comment in On the Labyrinths of the Soul
What makes this essay striking is not its sub...
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One can’t help but smile at the way this text...
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... „напред“ е по същество единствената посок...
A Note Before the EndYes, I know this piece i...
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This is one of those texts I didn’t plan, but...

Books

June 06, 2025 Zlatko Enev

The Children of Hans Asperger

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This essay offers a raw and compelling chronicle of one family’s life alongside autism — not as an abstract diagnosis, but as a daily, intimate reality. At its centre is Lea, the daughter of the narrator, and her unique way of experiencing and responding to the world. Through…