Nov 23, 2013 | Truth, Truth & Lies |
“The island of Corsica, being incapable of growing rich in money, should try to grow rich in men. The power derived from population is more real than that derived from finance, and is more certain in its effects. Since the use of manpower cannot be concealed...
Nov 14, 2013 | Truth, Truth & Lies |
…leading figures of the banking sector were arrested in Reykjavik and London to respond to the charges against their unlawful financial management. And former Prime Minister Haarde was brought to trial under the accusation of mismanagement of public funds and...
Oct 20, 2013 | Featured, Lies, Truth & Lies |
Kenny swore and threw down his hat. “This is the worst day of hunting I ever had, bar none.” He picked up his hat and brushed off the snow. “This will be the first season since I was fifteen I haven’t got my deer.” “It isn’t...
Sep 21, 2013 | Lies, Short Stories, Truth & Lies |
One beautiful April morning, on a narrow side street in Tokyo’s fashionable Harujuku neighbourhood, I walked past the 100% perfect girl. Tell you the truth, she’s not that good-looking. She doesn’t stand out in any way. Her clothes are nothing special. The back of her...
Jul 21, 2013 | Lies, Short Stories, Truth & Lies |
The Death Of LullyTowards evening they received a visit from the captain. He was a large, handsome man, with gold earrings glinting from among a bush of black hair. “Divine Providence,” he remarked sententiously, after the usual courtesies had passed,...
Jun 10, 2013 | Lies, Truth & Lies |
It is said by men worthy of belief (though Allah’s knowledge is greater) that in the first days there was a king of the isles of Babylonia who called together his architects and his priests and bade them build him a labyrinth so confused and so subtle that the...