Stories

One summer not long ago, something happened in a Bulgarian town that felt like a scene from a dark TV drama. Only this time, it was real.

This story, told in the voice of the investigator, is a literary reconstruction of facts drawn from a real murder conviction handed down in 2021.

The story told from the perpetrator's point of view is a fictionalized rendering of facts drawn from a real murder conviction handed down in 2024.

Their shouting awoke me. Nothing out of the ordinary. Mornings at home often began like this—Mama's high-pitched voice, his irritated response, the door slamming, then silence, or something worse... A story about femicide from the perspective of a child.

From the very first days after Ana and Plamen’s wedding, quarrels began to erupt between them, often ending with him beating her.

Murder after separation told from the perspective of the victim

How far can a man's jealousy towards a woman go when there is no effective protection and reaction against daily insults, death threats, systematic scandals and beatings.

The motive for the murder was the man's strong and unfounded jealousy.

The family's difficult financial situation and Lyubomir's problems with alcohol provoke him to often beat his mother.

A man's belief that no woman has the right to refuse him has fatal consequences.

When a young woman decides to study and work, but her husband does not agree with this and responds with persecution, isolation, and systematic beatings.