29 June, 1:00 PM, Czernograd, Casino Royale Igor had to wait ten minutes for Slavo, the mountain of a man who most days of the week...

29 June, 10:15 AM, Czernograd, Hotel Casino “About last night...” he started. “Sorry about all the spooky stuff,” Marina said. “Remember,...

Jamie: “So all that stuff about mirrors, that’s bullshit?” Natasha: “Yep.” Jamie: “And garlic?” Natasha: “That too.” Jamie: (laughing)...

28 June, 8:10 PM, near Spisz The night sky was clear, and thousands of stars came out, strewn across the firmament like fluorescent sand....

28 June, 7:07 PM, “The Czernograd Gazette” newsroom His mobile phone was ringing. “Hello,” he picked it up. The incoming number was...

28 June, 4:45 PM, near Spisz He survived the whirlwind of introductions and now was trying to survive the whirlwind of hospitality. He...

28 June, 2:15 PM, “The Czernograd Gazette” newsroom When he got back to the office there was a message pinned with sticky tape to his...

28 June, 1:30 PM, near Spisz The tabor spread out in an empty field, off the beaten track, literally, with all the vehicles forming a...

28 June, 1:15 PM, “The Czernograd Gazette” newsroom Gawenda called him back just as he was about to sneak out to pick up a kebab for...

28 June, 11:10 AM, Stare Duszki “This is it, I guess.” They were standing on a gentle grassy slope, not far from the edge of the water....

28 June, 11:00 AM, Czernograd, 44 Rimsky Street Halszka Saint-Germain-Bukowski leaned back in her chair, closed her eyes and ran her hand...

28 June, 9:30 AM, “The Czernograd Gazette” newsroom When they finally arrived via email, the statements, one from the police, the other...

“The first written mention of Ruthenian Gypsies appears in ‘The Chronicles of the Princes of Czernograd’, a manuscript written down the...

27 June, 3:00 PM, Czernograd, Hotel Casino On the way back to the hotel from lunch Jake thought he was being followed. He could have...

27 June, 1:20 PM, “The Czernograd Gazette” newsroom Googling Mathias Maciar, perhaps unsurprisingly, did not return any useful...

27 June, 1:10 PM, Czernograd, Krakovska Avenue “The ashes...” He looked up from his plate. He has again chosen a safe option: spicy...

27 June, 12:35 PM, “The Czernograd Gazette” newsroom Igor only started firing up after the fourth coffee of the day, brought up in a tall...

“If you consider travelling with children, be advised that a much shorter trip to the Universal’s Wizarding World of Harry Potter at...

What's in the name? "Ruthenia & Galicia", like my first novel "Night Trains", started with a dream. I dreamed that I was looking at a...

26 June, 4:00 PM, “The Czernograd Gazette” newsroom “...The police are continuing their investigations and are expected to issue a...

26 June, 12:00 PM, Czernograd, Old Market Square Jake did not tell Marina that someone got into his hotel room the previous night and...

26 June, 10:00 AM, Czernograd, Police Station Number 5 Marina waited for him downstairs in the lobby at 10 o’clock as agreed, reading a...

26 June, 7:15 AM, Czernograd, King Nicholas Bridge It took him about five minutes to get there, speeding through the pre-rush hour...

26 June, 7:05 AM, Czernograd, the Rawicz district The phone kept ringing and Igor Svoboda, suspended somewhere in the netherworld between...