Literary Work
In my writing I’m exploring themes of displacement, interior life, memory, and moral paradox. My debut novel was nominated for one of Central Europe’s most important literary awards, and my writing continues to evolve across genres and mediums.
📘 1. The Room Overlooking Dunnes Store (Pokój z Widokiem na Dunnes Stores)
(Novel, 2011 – Nominated for Angelus Central European Literature Award)
A reflective and quietly powerful literary journal about emigration, fractured memory, and the strange tenderness of exile. Set between Poland and Ireland, it follows a narrator haunted by absence — political, familial, and spiritual.
☢️ 2. Chernobylite: The Arrival
(Short Story, 2022 – Based on the game world of Chernobylite)
A standalone narrative set in the world of Chernobylite, The Arrival follows Sashko Horobets — a haunted, hard-edged man on a mission through the decaying, militarized Exclusion Zone. This story blends literary prose, speculative horror, and game-lore to deliver a grounded psychological thriller set against a backdrop of corruption, memory, and radiation.
✍️ 3. The Lighthouse Keeper in the Bay of the Heart
(Short Story, 2024)
An introspective, psychologically charged story that explores anxiety, resilience, and the silent work of self-repair. Blending literary introspection with surreal imagery and emotional precision, the story follows a man weathering internal storms—literal and symbolic—as he slowly learns to become his own lighthouse in a world that offers no guarantees. Quietly haunting, it is a meditation on survival, meaning, and the quiet heroism of persistence.
✍️ 4. February Mirror
(Short Story, 2025)
In the quiet aftermath of civilization’s collapse, a lone figure stands at the edge of a marshy pond, surrounded only by the croaking of indifferent frogs and the distant hum of a drone drifting aimlessly above darkened treetops. Struggling with memories and a weary sense of fatalism, he sheds the last traces of a life now lost to the past. But as he sends his vehicle—a symbol of a vanished world—into the murky depths, he’s about to embark on one final journey. What awaits at the end of this road may define not only his fate but also his lingering humanity.
Short Bio
Łukasz Ślipko-Kępa is a Polish writer, narrative designer, and philosopher by training. His fiction explores themes of internal exile, psychological tension, and the search for meaning. A nominee for the Angelus Central European Literature Award, he works across literature and games, often blending surrealism with personal reflection. He is also deeply interested in the workings of the brain, cognitive science, and the narrative and ethical dimensions of artificial intelligence.
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