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An Ontology of Dust

An essay tracing decay, ambition, and redemption through three contemporary works and the memory of a sunbeam.

7 hrs ago • Stefan Baciu

Nihil Perditi: Snapshots of An Unfinished World

A spoken-word prologue from the Nihil Perditi cycle, with a table of contents. Best experienced by listening.

Feb 16 • Stefan Baciu

i write my heart out in the dust of these streets

fragments from Manchester, the slow violence of becoming

Feb 5 • Stefan Baciu

COSMONAUTUL: Cry Me a Future

A cosmonaut listens for grace. A scientist listens for the future. History listens for blood. Chapter I of a Substack epic. Best experienced with…

Jan 24 • Stefan Baciu

A Western Basm from Dimitri’s Bedtime Book

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

Jan 13 • Stefan Baciu

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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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