Sweet Lullaby of Rage

“I have no idea what to do…” the merwitch murmured to the giant jellyfish. The quiet sea creatures lulled all around her in the vast, dark depths. They did not know what to do either. But they could not tell her that. As their parents raged against the murk and the dark, spasming deep in […]

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Summer SF Cons

I like my summers at the seaside and was never much one for traveling any place during the summer months that did not end up with me swimming someplace. (This is why, among other things, I loved the Helsinki Worldcon so much – there was fandom and swimming and sauna. <3)  It is hot in […]

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Summer Reunions

Summer used to be all about the sea, and for me it still mostly is. Years have passed and some summer days I have grown to love not because I can rush off to the seaside and spend days in the water but because they bring people who live far away back to Croatia. And […]

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Ugljan

Ugljan is a small island across from Zadar, it takes only 15 minutes by ferry to reach the mainland. It is the island of my husband’s choice and the island of circumstance for me, and it took the longest time for it to become even a little bit mine.  There is nothing wrong with it […]

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Movie Mania: Alien – 4K

I was two and a half when Alien came out. I have no idea when and if it came to Yugoslav cinemas. Even in the 80s I would have been too young to be taken to the cinema to see it, not that there were any ratings in Yugoslavia that would have prevented it, officially. […]

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