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THE GHOST IN THE WELL
When Churchill sought solace in puffing rings of smoke from his cigar, sipping whiskey from his tumbler, he must have looked awkwardly at the footprints of war scattered all over the place. In a t ........
FEAR OF TYPHUS
If you fake it, you make it, the saying was under the fascist occupying forces, terrified about any contagious diseases. There were also false alarms about infectious illnesses, which would put the ........
BURIED ALIVE
My grandmother’s light blue eyes sparkled even after her shoulders hunched under the weight of her advanced age. To simply say that she was pretty in her youth wouldn’t do justice to her presence ........
HITLER BOOM BOOM!
Dad was the first one to break the rules, while at the same time teaching us to accept authority, but really meaning what was commonly known as “Children should be seen but not heard.” If you add ........
A NETWORK OF BONES
Our town was under German occupation and suffered 75 percent damage during the defence of the town in 1945. By the time my siblings and I were born, the town was rebuilt from the ruins left by she ........
OVER THE GREEN GATE!
That particular year the winter was vicious with biting winds and the temperature dropping to 35 degrees Celsius below zero. The incessantly falling snow covered everything in a white blanket but ........
QUEST FOR THE TRUTH
The quest for the meaning of life became apparent in the times when the world was visibly defined by a plastic curtain hanging from the garage ceiling. On one side, there was my father building ships ........
The Making of a Storyteller
Born on Friday has some consequences as it is just a day away from Sunday but not as close as is Saturday. I must have surprised everybody, since no one planned the arrival of the fifth and last child ........
ONE LEG AT A TIME
I have in my lifetime heard about some incredible people with colourful characters and from all walks of life. One of them was a one legged man. He lost his leg in a forklift accident and it left him ........