Archive - The Flying Fish

A very short short story, with dedication to my British friends

Aug 9, 2024 •

June 2024

Someone’s father died last February

And someone has a question

Jun 2, 2024 •

November 2023

Ivan Illich’s “The Political Uses of Natural Death”, (1974)

The historical, social, and ethical dimensions of death. A reflection on the impact of societal norms and medical practices on modern man’s most…

Nov 24, 2023 •

August 2023

June 2023

“The Test”, written by Richard Matheson (1954)

In a society governed by productivity and consumerism, it is increasingly difficult to live with the elderly who are useless and burdensome and…

Jun 21, 2023 •

[Written in the Polish language] Na imię było Dziadkowi Józef, ale nie słyszałem, aby ktoś do Dziadka mówił po imieniu

Jun 5, 2023 •

January 2023

Casual sex is no longer

There are people who took it and other people who didn’t. There is a man in a complicated situation and he gets to a conclusion

Jan 27, 2023 •

If I were a rich man

Unnoticed would be the vaccinators, those privateers, shaking one another’s hand over the dead life of non-existent arms

Jan 13, 2023 •

December 2022

“The Lawful, the Obligatory, and the Prohibited”

The Flying Fish brings you an unofficial translation of Maestro Giorgio Agamben’s recent column on Quodlibet

Dec 1, 2022 •

September 2022

Muszę się jakoś odnieść

[Written in the Polish language] Przesiądź się na rower. Lodowce już podchodzą pod nasz dom...

Sep 22, 2022 •

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