The red shelf

In fiction I search for the unseen in the everyday, the crack in reality, that place that allows us to escape, the weird we all crave, or some of us do. Interspersed you'll find book reviews, my art, Romanian folklore.

By Alexandra Danila

Fabulous men or what is a girl good for - homepage

Ustina and her many encounters with fabulous beings

Nov 5, 2025•Alexandra Danila

40 Ways of Being Lonely - homepage

all the pieces linked here

Nov 5, 2025•Alexandra Danila

Unfinished work 1/2

a few thoughts about fear and a strategy to nudge myself forward

Jun 21•Alexandra Danila

Pilgrimages

Journeys of failure are the most human of journeys

Jun 9•Alexandra Danila

40 ways of being lonely #10

short fiction

May 19•Alexandra Danila

What is a Bloj

Oct 20, 2024•Alexandra Danila

Here's a plan to help you fail

Jan 11, 2025•Alexandra Danila

40 ways of being lonely #4

Mar 9, 2025•Alexandra Danila

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Millions of marks

How to surprise yourself

May 6•Alexandra Danila

Wrong Time Wrong Place

outcasts against the world

Apr 28•Alexandra Danila

Changes of direction

and some drawings

Mar 24•Alexandra Danila

40 ways of being lonely #9

and the embrace of cities

Mar 18•Alexandra Danila

The rage of women

it moves the world even if everyone pretends it's a bad thing

Mar 8•Alexandra Danila

Blank days

and some sketchbook pages

Mar 1•Alexandra Danila

When No Choice is a Happy Choice

the audacity of building utopias is not for mere mortals, or is it?

Feb 23•Alexandra Danila

40 ways of being lonely #8

flash fiction

Feb 19•Alexandra Danila

The Hardships of Being a Saviour

No one can save everybody, but if you try expect grief

Feb 8•Alexandra Danila