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Archives: fiction
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Flash Fiction: “The Office”
N.B. Fiction with mature themes. By Juan Cole | The Office Adib was winning at cards again. Bashir was already out, sitting in a corner with his French novel. …![The Fall of the New Year Throne (Complete Sword & Sorcery Novel of ancient Persia)](http://web.archive.org./web/20150905083438im_/http://www.juancole.com/images/2014/01/187x137/Zahhak_enthroned.jpg)
The Fall of the New Year Throne (Complete Sword & Sorcery Novel of ancient Persia)
By Juan Cole The Fall of the New Year Throne Many, many thanks to everyone who followed the serialized sword and sorcery novel I have posted here since last January. I had…![Bringing medieval Persian verse to the West: Dick Davis Interview](http://web.archive.org./web/20150905083438im_/http://www.juancole.com/images/2014/01/bringing-medieval-interview.html_-187x137.jpg)