Narratives shaped by psychology, mysticism, and lived experience.
Each story is a doorway — into memory, imagination, and the architecture of the self.
Escapism is so much of what we do now.
We tell ourselves the world is our oyster.
One flight away, and the pain disappears.
One drink away, and the memories blur.
One more high, one more dopamine hit, and suddenly it feels better.
But does it?
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I am a creator
Someone once asked me, Who are you?
That’s not an easy question, is it?
Who am I?
I am feminine energy.
I am a creator.
I am a software engineer.
I am a daughter.
I am a singer.
I am a dancer.
I am a skier.
I am a graphic designer.
I am a lover.
I am a hater.
I am not a judge, but I am a creator.
I am a sinner.
And sometimes, a saint.
And above all, I am human.
I am here to learn.
(more…)This collection gathers some of the most powerful voices in Bulgarian literature — poets whose words shaped generations, and whose emotional landscapes still echo in the hearts of women like me.
It is my own small anthology —
a gathering of the voices that have shaped me,
the poets whose words carry the pulse of Bulgaria
deeper than any history book or memory ever could.
Part I – The Girl with the Purple Bandana
In the Pirin Mountains — where lilacs spilled over fences and mornings carried the scent of warm bread — a little girl was born.
In the Macedonian part of Bulgaria, where people were known for their fiery spirit, their laughter that echoed through courtyards, and their stubborn, unshakable hearts, she took her first breath — already carrying that same spark within her.
On her first birthday, her parents played the Scorpions’ “Wind of Change.” They could not have known how fitting it was — that their daughter would grow with that same restless breeze inside her, forever pulled toward freedom, music, and a life lived on her own terms.
Mon’s short stories 