Lucky Strike
Takis and Makis, the two young burglars, car thieves, muggers, arsonists and reform school graduates were sprawled on a ramshackle settee in the small apartment they shared in Pangrati, idly watching the news on TV.
Alec Kitroeff
Getting There
The veteran politician dipped a rusk into his breakfast coffee and leaned forward to keep it from dripping on to his shirt front as he slurped off the soggy part. He looked pensively at his 40-year-old son who was waiting patiently for a reply to his request for a loan.
The Spirit of Christmas
When The Athenian asked me to interview Santa Claus it was a simple matter to don a few extra sweaters and a pair of mittens and hop a plane to Spitsbergen.
Skulduggery in Skopje
Commander Mimis Bondopoulos, agent 007-UP in the Greek secret service, sat in front of his boss’s desk, waiting for instructions and wondering whether this would be the right time to ask him for a raise.
Letter from Mimi
Dear Fergie, hope you don’t mind my calling you Fergie. I first thought I would address you as Your Royal Highness, but it sounds rather stuffy and, anyway, from what I read in the newspapers it doesn’t look as if…., but let’s not go into that right now. The reason I am writing is because I saw in the paper today that you were feeling terribly depressed.
Operation Morpheus
I wouldn’t exactly call Onufrios O. Poniros a friend. He was one of those acquaintances that one runs across at frequent intervals when professional paths happen to cross.
Herculean Effort
There have been promising developments in the ongoing saga of the Freaks and the Jerks, the lovely people who live in beautiful countries on either side of a sparkling blue sea but who can’t seem to see eye to eye on anything except the kind of coffee they drink, the board games they play and a common fondness for doner kebab, imam bayldi and ekmek kataif.
Forward, Forward
In october 1977, Alec Kitroeff wrote in The Athenian about his experiences with the Greek telephone system. What he had to say then. seems as valid today as it was 15 years ago, which does not say very much for OTE but which makes it a good reason for reprinting the article for your enjoyment.
The First Miracle
Among the Dead Sea scrolls is a document that has only just been deciphered and which is believed to have been an account written by none other than Balthazar- one of the three wise men from the East who came to Bethlehem with gifts for the God-child who had just been born.
The Wrong Shore
The two palette loaders were sitting on a bench in the backyard of the chemical fertilizer plant they were employed in, enjoying the sunshine and eating their mid-morning snack.
