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I was born in Cyprus of Greek parents and as a youngster emigrated with my family to the UK where I received my education, being awarded a Doctorate in a scientific discipline.
A childhood interest in literature persisted into adulthood and I wrote and published

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Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Imaginary love: 2 of 30
In the heart of nightWhen souls lie in sleepMine flew across the spacesThat keep us apartMingled with yours.Dreamlike whispers gently spokenAmplified feelings of exultationHearts fluttered in confusionOverwhelmed by emotionsFrom depths unknown.Half-closed eyes smiled lazilyContented in their blissThen all was still againSouls... More..
Creative Writing > Short Stories Short stories: Forgiveness: 2 of 19
A DAY OF FORGIVENESS The bombing finally stopped, the sirens sounded the all-clear and a few people began to venture slowly out into the wasteland from basements where they hid to save themselves. Unknown thousands lay buried... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Instincts: 11 of 60
A strange metamorphosisHas surely taken placeI remember clearlyHaving a different face.I used to be a spermWith a thrusting tailThat pushed me through an eggAs though I was a nail.My instinct told me clearlyGo in and fertilizeYou've got to be the firstIf you want the prize.So I crashed wildlyInside a ripened eggDrowned myself... More..
Arts & Humanities > Meaning of Life Is life worth living?: 31 of 111
In life we expect happiness as a matter of course, yet it has been observed that happiness consists of moments of forgetfulness. Life can be harsh, yet we cling to life for reasons that most of us will not be able to grasp.There are times of such monstrosity in history that it is difficult to understand where the impulses for... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Soldiers: 72 of 228
Each man workedAccording to his tradeStrangers to each otherWorking for the common cause.One used molten steelpoured it in the moldAnd looked with prideAt the gleaming barrel.Another made bulletsThe perfect caliberFor his comrade's gunTo make it whole.The sniper took aimAt a stranger in the distanceA random choiceThat could h... More..
Creative Writing > Short Stories Short stories: Terrorism: 3 of 9
CITIES IN THE SKY Once upon a time there was a group of cities in the sky held together in position by a weak and much misunderstood force they called gravity. This miraculous force kept them at the perfect distance from their life source, the sun, for their citizens to live comfortably. If they were nearer the sun they w... More..
Arts & Humanities > International Writers & Literature Biography: Fyodor Dostoevsky: 2 of 6
Along with many people, I believe Dostoevsky to be the greatest writer the world has ever seen. Born in the early part of the nineteenth century, he studied engineering and subsequently became enmeshed in a revolutionary movement and was accused of involvement in an assassination attempt on the Tsar .A cruel, mock execution f... More..
Travel > Greece Winter in Greece: A perfect time to visit: 2 of 5
Beautiful places and places of interest are best visited when the crowds have gone home. Though the changing weather patterns create the possibility of bad weather even in the Mediterranean, the climate in Greece is usually acceptable even in the winter months, unless one goes up into the high mountains.During the tourist sea... More..
Arts & Humanities > Meaning of Life Contemplating the purpose of life: 81 of 148
We cannot know the purpose of life, so all we can do is contemplate on it. The life force, the need to exist is so powerful that it drives us to fantasies and fictions as to whether life has any ulterior meaning or motive. If there is a purpose, we will not know it until we arrive there, yet we spend vast amounts of energy po... More..
Society & Lifestyle > Social Values & Norms Arguments against euthanasia: 57 of 86
People seem to be terrified of death, and yet it has been observed that death is our natural, long-term state while life is that short period we escape to for a while. As living beings, we exist with a passion for life without much serious thought that one day we will naturally pass away to the other side, the longer part of ... More..