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Personal Gothic

The Rotting Mice of August

They were unusually many that summer, or maybe, worse at hiding. They seemed to get in everywhere in our old house. We heard them squeak, and I remember the stench when they [...]

Winter Again

Read by Julia Prokopowicz   You ever had to bury a friend? Like, actually, bury them? The corpse, the dirt, and a shovel if you’re lucky. The dirt stuck underneath your nails [...]

Zuzanna Szmyt-Nowakowska 10

Haze  

Read by Julia Prokopowicz   It usually appears out of nowhere, when you least expect it. Some people can tell when it’s coming, feel it approaching. There’s a sudden rush of cold, [...]


Almost Us

Read by Patrycja Bolda How am I even supposed to start writing about violence? The topic seems so close, yet so distant. Am I the right person to rock the boat? Where [...]

Zuzanna Szmyt Nowakowska

Nightcrawler

Read by Małgorzata Rejmentowska   Lumbricus Terrestris. Earthworm. Nightcrawler. Why is the simple shiny earthworm called a night-crawler? Does it literally crawl in the night? Or is the night the symbol of [...]