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Although, Im currently reading Crime and Punishment by Dostoyevsky and have not finished. I have just read an early chapter when a horse gets flogged to death in front of a young child. Such is the mastery of Dostoyevsky's writing (so great I have to refer to him with a capital letter) I felt...

A scar is only as deep as the tragedy felt, superficial graze from cuts and falls, a mockery of 'play' is no theatre at all. Once shy and twice the fool, adversity with its stern face takes a dionysian to rule. A hero so ill-fated when all is lost is not a peasent like the rest of us; he is the...

I've just finished a Farewell to Arms. I was interested on other people's opinion on the book. For me, Hemingway's prose is sometimes instantly catching and some of the descriptions are beautiful yet simplistic when he doesnt go on too long. But at others time, he just explains everything and...

My writng has struggled over the past months. So I thought about submitting this into a short story competition. Could you please give a critque back if you read it. Most importantly I hope you enjoy:) My confession is this: I am a madman like Don Quixote and as foolish as his faithful...