6+ hour, 21+ min ago  (821+ words) A ferryman who has crossed the waters of his home fjord for most of his life begins the day the way he has for decades. He knows it's the last day of his life and doesn't want it to begin…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago  (1101+ words) The Solstice Festival came soft as birdsong and loud as drums. The sun rose into a sky so blue it looked rinsed, and the village square bloomed. There were no fences and no lines drawn in dirt, just paths curling…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago  (711+ words) by Black Kos Editor, Justice Putnam Vonnegut was not the only one to call the bombing of Dresden an act of terror. Even British Air Commodore Colin McKay Grierson, a confidant of Churchill, admitted to AP war correspondent Howard Cowan,…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago  (83+ words) What are you reading? March 6, 2026Daily Kos What are you reading? March 6, 2026 The Wasps by Aristophanes READERS & BOOK LOVERS SERIES SCHEDULE (LAST SUN OF THE MONTH) If you're not already following Readers and Book Lovers, please go to our homepage (link),…...

4+ week, 5+ hour ago  (493+ words) In years past, I've managed to go to a number of book gatherings: the annual Book Expo in New York City or Chicago was always a highlight. I've been to a number of meetings of the American Booksellers Association as…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (106+ words) White to move and mate in two #784 " Anathem'dailykos.com On the fictional planet of Arbre, millennia before the present, the planet's intellectuals (the 'avout') were sequestered in monastic communities called concents, to protect the activities of those within from the…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (208+ words) This is a weekly community diary for writers here on Daily Kos to showcase microfiction, ongoing serialized stories, and pieces of larger works in progress. "All DK fiction writers are welcome to post chapters and excerpts"as comments"in the…...

2+ mon, 4+ day ago  (838+ words) As in The Future Saints, another novel released this month, the girls of In Bloom form a band and are determined to get out of their seaside town for a better life. But in Liz Allan's novel, unlike the Ashley…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (423+ words) Many words. "Most of them interesting. Blue Cross Defrauded Breast Cancer Center, Must Pay $421M, Jury Finds " ProPublica: "Private health insurance is a scam. Why Vance Committed So Hard to the Minneapolis Shooter - The Atlantic: "Vance has no morals. [2601.02671] Extracting books…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (79+ words) White to move and mate in two #771 - An Emancipation Of The Mind'Daily Kos "About,An Emancipation Of The Mind Online board Solution (spoiler) instructions: In the link above, slide the NNUE (x) ) button to on. Remember to slide it to off…...