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A Western Basm from Dimitri’s Bedtime Book

an anachronistic cowboy faerie story told to my son, at night

Jan 13 • Stefan Baciu

To Hold Thy Severed Head with Serenity

A fragmentary retelling of John the Forerunner, moving from desert to dungeon to a winter church in Bucharest. A story about thresholds.

Jan 7 • Stefan Baciu

The Multitudes of the Lizard Man

Jan 1 • Stefan Baciu

In the Blood: Reflections on My Influences

Or, a poetical essay on family, inheritance, and the fables that shaped me

Dec 30, 2025

False Worlds. The Weight of Mystery

Lucian Blaga and Cormac McCarthy on knowledge, mystery, and the limits of illumination.

Dec 22, 2025 • Stefan Baciu

bucharest

My Nation of the Hole

On belonging to a country shaped not by borders, but by absence.

Dec 1, 2025 • Stefan Baciu

Ion Iliescu: Elegy for a Vampyre

Historical Prose Poem. A lament I wish were only legend.

Aug 18, 2025 • Stefan Baciu

The Revolution Was Televised

Gil Scott-Heron, December ’89, and the misremembered ghosts of TVR

Jun 28, 2025 • Stefan Baciu

I'll Keep Missing You, Lady Lich

A Vampyre Romance

Jun 7, 2025 • Stefan Baciu

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