Dimitris Nikou
In a burnt forest, a man walks saddened among the destroyed nature. He remembers another day, in the same forest, an unexpected encounter with a strange man bearing a terrifying message. A twofold prophecy. And just as Jesse's biblical tree foreshadows the incarnation of the world's salvation, he wishes to become a root himself, to put forth branches, to bring about a rebirth.
Dimitris Nikou is a Greek writer of prose, poetry and an amateur filmmaker. His short stories, flash fiction and poems has appeared in various Greek literary magazines and websites and has published seven books. His web-home is