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English translation of Coma - GialloMilanese 2014

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Finally! Here is the official English translation of my short story, Coma, published in December 2014 in the anthology GialloMilanese 2014 . Click here to read the complete story, and leave a comment if you like it. The original version is in Italian, available only from  ExCogita Publisher .

February Reading List

I have a stack of books that I want to read. I haven't measured it lately, but it's probably taller than me. Now, before somebody comments on my height (or lack thereof, I should say), let me add that in addition to the physical paper books that I own, you need to count the over 100 ebooks that I've downloaded over the past year. In fact, I just don't read those emails from Read Cheaply that often any more because I always find something to download! Right now I'm reading The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin. I found this book before Christmas at the Lambrate subway station. As I came down the steps that day, there was a man coming through the turnstile shouting and cursing at complete strangers. He was livid with anger, and as I tried to avoid him, I happened to see a book setting on the newspaper dispenser with the Italian title "The measurement of happiness". Coincidence. I almost handed it to the guy, but I figured he'd pr