Costi Gurgu – Centrul STRING

Author: Costi Gurgu

Costi Gurgu's fictions appeared in Romania, Canada, the United States, England and Denmark. He has three published books and over 40 short stories for which he won 24 awards. Recent publications include the anthologies Tesseracts 17 (CA), The Mammoth Book of Dieselpunk (US), Dark Horizons (US), Street Magick (US), Water (CA), and Alice Unbound (CA). His novel, Retetarium, was published in Romania by Tritonic (2006) and in the United States by White Cat Publications (2017) under the name RecipeArium. RecipeArium is now a finalist in the Canadian Aurora Awards 2018. For more information about Costi visit www.costigurgu.com Costi recently founded Games for Aliens, a tabletop games enterprise. His first two games are Absolutism (based on his latest novel, Servitude) and Carami (based on RecipeArium).

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CULTURAL RELATIONS “Ambassador, the ship is two minutes from orbit. The command is waiting for you on deck.” The officer politely retreats and motions me to the door. I go out, in a hurry to follow the invitation. The Great Moment is approaching. Emotions churn my stomach. I would postpone the bridge to

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Beyond the Lighthouse at the End of the World

Costi Gurgu

The Autistic Blood Vessel glided unheard through the viscous fog. Alexandru Vromihene was trying to maintain his vertical position on the deck, next to the commander of the mercenary troop. Behind them, they waited motionless, wrapped in black robes that covered their entire bodies. They had fired