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Thanos 🇸🇪🇬🇷
@thanoska.bsky.social
Bilingual columnist, cartoonist, writer, painter, born and grew up in a picturesque neighbourhood on the mountainside of Hymettus, Athens. Now well in my sixth decade and plenty grumpy, I live in a scenic village in the Växjö area, Sweden.
#FilmReview – The Last Laugh (1924, Germany)

In a world where a uniform commands more respect than the man inside it, a doorman’s demotion feels like the end of the world until the camera itself decides to get drunk and rewrite reality.

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#FilmReview – The Last Laugh (1924, Germany)
In a world where a uniform commands more respect than the man inside it, a doorman’s demotion feels like the end of the world until the camera itself decides to get drunk and rewrite reality. F.W. …
keyboardfilms.wordpress.com
January 7, 2026 at 8:39 AM
January 7, 2026 at 8:37 AM
Quorvathi Fractures – I

The Quorvathi worlds had always smelled like trouble. Sulfur in the wind, blood in the soil, and a hint of burnt metal from the Dominion’s machinery left behind.

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#AuroraDawn #SciFi #ScienceFiction #ThanosKalamidas #Space #ShortStory
Quorvathi Fractures – I
The Quorvathi worlds had always smelled like trouble. Sulfur in the wind, blood in the soil, and a hint of burnt metal from the Dominion’s machinery left behind. I’m old, you see. Old enough to rem…
libretium.wordpress.com
January 7, 2026 at 8:35 AM
First light

Captain Elias Vance leaned back in his chair, the good chair, the one that didn’t make that suspicious squeaking noise when you shifted weight and exhaled

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#AuroraDawn #SciFi #ScienceFiction #Humour #Space #ShortStory #Adventure #SpaceOpera
Aurora Dawn Trails: First light
The Aurora Dawn hung in the void like a particularly smug chandelier, freshly polished, gleaming with that new ship smell (which, incidentally, was 30% industrial cleaner, 20% nano-sealant, and 50%…
quantumfuturism.wordpress.com
January 7, 2026 at 8:33 AM
Groceries, ghosts, and Gershwin

His cane, Ms. Sumo, and the faint echo of his late wife’s laugh were the only company keeping him upright or at least upright-ish.

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#LifeEchoes #Life #Retirement #ShortStory #Fiction #Drama #ThanosKalamidas
Life echoes – Groceries, ghosts, and Gershwin
Azan Garit balanced three bags of groceries in one hand, a loaf of sourdough under his elbow, and the weight of regrettable ambition in his joints as he trudged up the hill toward his new home in T…
pulpvortex.wordpress.com
January 7, 2026 at 8:31 AM
Wings of the elapsed

Edna Sullivan squinted against the harsh glare of the midday sun as the jagged peaks of Raptor Land rose from the mist like jagged teeth.

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#RaptorTribes #Dinosaurs #Adventure #Action #paleontology #Fiction #ThanosKalamidas #ShortStory
Wings of the elapsed
Edna Sullivan squinted against the harsh glare of the midday sun as the jagged peaks of Raptor Land rose from the mist like jagged teeth. The map in her hand trembled, not from the wind, but from a…
raptortribes.wordpress.com
January 6, 2026 at 10:51 AM
Beyond Cyran

The Luna Base had been floating in the black for three days without warning, hurling through a yawning corridor of stars that didn’t appear on any map.

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#SciFi #ScienceFiction #PostApocalyptic #ShortStory #ThanosKalamidas #Moon #MoonBase
Lunar sift – Beyond Cyran
The Luna Base had been floating in the black for three days without warning, hurling through a yawning corridor of stars that didn’t appear on any map. Commander Aria Vance, tall and sharp-eyed, le…
bleakarchives.wordpress.com
January 6, 2026 at 10:50 AM
Chip off the old blight

The thing one must understand about the idyllic Swedish coastal town of Fjäderhult is that its primary exports are profound silence...

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#Fiction #Fika #Funny #Humour #Sweden #ShortStory #FunnyVignette #ThanosKalamidas
Fika Fiasco – Chip off the old blight
The thing one must understand about the idyllic Swedish coastal town of Fjäderhult is that its primary exports are profound silence, a sort of melancholic serenity, and, once a year, a spectacle of…
thanospulpfiction.wordpress.com
January 6, 2026 at 10:48 AM
#BookReview The Goblet of Fire or how to have a really, really bad school year

The fourth instalment of Harry Potter’s ongoing saga at Hogwarts begins with a critical lesson: always check your toothbrush for Portkeys.

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#BookReview The Goblet of Fire or how to have a really, really bad school year
The fourth instalment of Harry Potter’s ongoing saga at Hogwarts begins with a critical lesson: always check your toothbrush for Portkeys. What follows is a masterclass in how to escalate a school …
bookpulppool.wordpress.com
January 5, 2026 at 10:10 AM
A stain on the snow

The crisp Växjö air, usually filled with the scent of pine and frozen lakes, carried a different, fouler odour from behind the ‘Happy Hound’ pet store.

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#VäxjöLakeMysteries #VäxjöLake #Mystery #Crime #ShortStory #Fiction
January 5, 2026 at 10:07 AM
The brine-glass prophecy

The dawn dragged itself over the ragged horizon like a drunk climbing onto a barstool, slow, wavering, and with no guarantee it would stay upright.

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#fiction #Pirates #PirateBay #Adventure #Action #PirateLife #ShortStory
The brine-glass prophecy
The dawn dragged itself over the ragged horizon like a drunk climbing onto a barstool, slow, wavering, and with no guarantee it would stay upright. The Marrowbite, a scarred brig with sails the col…
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January 5, 2026 at 10:05 AM
The Water That Was Blessed

The bell at St. Odo’s Abbey tolled before dawn, rolling across the mist-drenched meadows like a warning from Heaven.

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#MedievilEra #Medievil #Knight #MedievilMonk #Fiction #ThanosKalamidas #ShortStory #Crime
The knight monk – The Water That Was Blessed
The bell at St. Odo’s Abbey tolled before dawn, rolling across the mist-drenched meadows like a warning from Heaven. Brothers shuffled into the chapel, hoods pulled low, chanting their morning psal…
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January 5, 2026 at 10:04 AM
The chalk line ritual

Tomas Godfrey never trusted quiet mornings. After four years in muddy French trenches, silence felt less like peace and more like an ambush holding its breath.

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#ShortStory #Fiction #Crime #Mystery #WWI #York #Yorkshire #VetDetective
Trench Redemption – The chalk line ritual
Tomas Godfrey never trusted quiet mornings. After four years in muddy French trenches, silence felt less like peace and more like an ambush holding its breath. So when someone pounded on his surger…
pulpvortex.wordpress.com
January 5, 2026 at 10:03 AM
Steal from the rich

He crumpled without a sound, a dark pool spreading on the polished limestone floor of the Canary Wharf skyscraper’s lobby.

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#Fiction #London #Crime #Mystery #RobinHood #ShortStory #ThanosKalamidas
Hood of Vengeance – Steal from the rich
The first bullet took the security guard in the throat. He crumpled without a sound, a dark pool spreading on the polished limestone floor of the Canary Wharf skyscraper’s lobby. The second man, ol…
thanospulpfiction.wordpress.com
January 4, 2026 at 11:55 AM
Widow maker strikes

The rain came down in sheets, bouncing off the asphalt like bullets. Detective Lucas Kane wiped the water from his eyes and cursed under his breath.

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#BlitzOps #Action #Thriller #Adventure #ThanosKalamidas #ShortStory #Spy #Crime
January 3, 2026 at 10:39 AM
“Växjö ephemera” is: Life is weird. And guess what makes it weird? People!

20th card: Jonas Höxter, turnstiles

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#växjö #Växjöcity #växjökommun #cartoon #VäxjöCartoon #SwedishCartoon #ShortStory #VäxjöStories #VäxjöNovell #växjöfolk #småland
January 3, 2026 at 10:34 AM
The roots beneath Megalopolis

Megalopolis had always been loud, sirens, hover-pods, traffic drones, and the constant hum of a million people pretending they weren’t living on borrowed time.

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#Fantasy #FairyTales #Action #Adventure #Megapolis #Fiction
The roots beneath Megalopolis
Megalopolis had always been loud, sirens, hover-pods, traffic drones, and the constant hum of a million people pretending they weren’t living on borrowed time. But tonight, as rain sifted down over…
thefableforce.wordpress.com
January 3, 2026 at 10:28 AM
Blood demands payment

The first time the carnival signs appeared on the outskirts of Dammay Springs, nobody paid them much mind.

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#Paranormal #Supernatural #Horror #Thriller #ShortStory #ThanosKalamidas
Reaping Parish – Blood demands payment
The first time the carnival signs appeared on the outskirts of Dammay Springs, nobody paid them much mind. People around here were used to things blowing in and out, dust storms, summer carnivals, …
duskslayers.wordpress.com
January 3, 2026 at 10:26 AM
Algorithm of guilt

The courtroom was humming with tension when Sally Chen leaned over the defence table and whispered...

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#fiction #crime #lawyer #law #prisonlaw #excon #ThanosKalamidas #ShortStory
Last Appeal – Algorithm of guilt
The courtroom was humming with tension when Sally Chen leaned over the defence table and whispered,“David, look at me. You’re going home today. Trust me.” David Miller, pale and sweat-slick, swallo…
pulpvortex.wordpress.com
January 3, 2026 at 10:25 AM
Reposted by Thanos 🇸🇪🇬🇷
🌯 The Great Burrito Betrayal 🐈️ Chef Thanos was defeated by his cat, Ruby, who weaponized a burrito, turning his kitchen into an archaeological dig. 😭 Rice in the toaster! Jalapeño in the slipper! 😼

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#ChefLife #ChefThanos #RubytheCat #Vaxjochef #växjö
The burrito treachery
I must begin today’s entry with a confession, dear journal: I, Chef Thanos, proud survivor of the Flaming Paella Incident of ’89 and the Great Soufflé Collapse of 2003, have been defeated by a burr…
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January 2, 2026 at 2:09 PM
Verdant, vile and vanity

The fog of London clung to the cobblestones like damp velvet, twisting the gaslight into wavering specters that seemed to leer at the scurrying pedestrians.

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#Fantasy #fiction #ShortStory #Crime #Mystery #VictorianMystery
Verdant, vile and vanity
The fog of London clung to the cobblestones like damp velvet, twisting the gaslight into wavering specters that seemed to leer at the scurrying pedestrians. In a narrow alley behind Fleet Street, w…
picturesofsin.wordpress.com
January 2, 2026 at 10:44 AM