The importance of being someone else: the duplicity paradox
“Each of us has heaven and hell in him” ― Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray There you are, in front of the mirror. It’s the end of a…
Read moreThe inner noise sublimation: Can hearing voices be normal?
“Have you ever heard voices or sounds that no one else can hear?” We are in the middle of a clinical interview at an ordinary hospital, it doesn’t matter which…
Read moreTwo worlds
Lying is wrong, or at least, it should be. A lie can be a tool to escape the monotony of a normal life but, sometimes, it is the only way…
Read moreSleep apnoea
It doesn’t matter how many people have told you “medicine isn’t a fair world”. You were there, with thousands of bright ideas which came and went out of your head…
Read moreInsonnia
Abel uscì sbattendo la porta. Nessuno gli avrebbe creduto, né avrebbe mosso un dito per aiutarlo. Era di nuovo da solo. Tutta quella sala gremita di gente non era venuta…
Read moreRisvegli
—La vita fa schifo—devi ammetterlo, eri davanti alla vetrina di Starbucks seduto con il tuo cappuccino bollente mentre giocherellavi a schiacciare le briciole di muffin doppio cioccolato sul tavolo di…
Read moreSullo scrivere
Scrivere è un male necessario. Un compromesso tra l’inarrestabile avanzata dei pensieri e la concreta possibilità di comprendere. La psiche si sottrae a giochi crudeli e tediosi, mostrando scarso interesse…
Read moreIllusion
Market square, 9:15 am. If I didn’t know Andrew I would be long gone. This morning’s thick and greedy mist seems to be dissolving. Inch by inch the market benches…
Read moreWriters’ & Artists’ Yearbook 2015 Short Story Competition
Se non siete spaventati dal comporre qualcosa in inglese, perché non partecipare al concorso annuale di “writersandartist.co.uk”? Il tema di quest’anno sarà “Joy”. Come premio è previsto un corso di…
Read moreBeating the flu: could children be the answer?
The influenza emergency in the United States is not over and its bill is running on. After less than one week from the announcement of the Food and Drug Administration…
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