Laurentiu M Badea: 4 books

Dreams of lost past, a boy on the run, a man trying to make peace with his mistakes. Destinies intertwine in three mind-bending stories revolving around a single destructive factor, all converging in one concluding moment. They are embers, fallen from a great fire; some fade, some create conflagrations,...

"Lilly sat with her eyes fixed on the window, watching snowflakes crowding on the alley in front of the house, and slowly, slowly everything was covered with a fluffy coat of snow. She thought about the letter that she wrote for Santa Claus, about the gifts he would place under the Christmas...

The story unravels as time reverses and we travel back into the past of the characters. A fool, this mere chess piece, makes its final move. A painfully tense game, that can only have one outcome.

A short story about funerals, what it means to us, living ones, but more importantly how the protagonist discovers how to use it metaphorically into a good, life-changing experience. This is a tale of madness, depression, and a hint of hope.