After @clarknovalis’ recommendation, I started reading Fictions. I finished the first two short “stories” (?) and I’m honestly blown away by how modern these ideas are - or probably post-modern is the correct phrase. And how influential they feel! I’m immediately reminded of Umberto Eco and his invented histories, Italo Calvino’s Invisible Cities and weirdly Hellraiser for that ‘eastern’-esque impossible object. I’m pretty inspired by these two stories, so if you ever see me writing about a game which you’ve never heard of, it’s probably made up lol
Periodic reminder for everyone to read Borges because it rules and it's fun.
Hellraiser is not a connection I would have made on my own but you know what? I see it.
Also, Borges would have loved his stories referred to as "stories" (?) 
The amount of my favorite authors who have cited borges as a huge influence is astonishing, he truly is one of the most important writers of the last 200 years, and it feels like almost no one talks about him.
Go find a copy of Fictions or Labrynths, you won't regret it!
