Lie Until Midnight A woman tells herself she will tell her husband she is leaving him, after midnight. But what if midnight never comes? Fiction
Jubilee-200 It is the 200th anniversary of an attempt to humanize apes, with surprising effect... Fiction
The Exam A 1979 story about an institute that teaches its students to care for the environment and which breed trans-ape-humans. Fiction
In These Interesting Times Of Ours A recently discovered, never before published work by the Strugatskys. Fiction
The Spontaneous Reflex One of the Strugatsky's earliest stories explores the dangers of artificial intelligence. Fiction
Memes For Our Times We explain ten recent memes that best capture the current sociopolitical mood across a large subset of Russian society. Culture Dissent Humor Internet War
Russian and Soviet Science Fiction An introduction to this exciting collection of science fiction. Literature
Greetings, Your Majesty During another trip to Sweden, the author learns a few things about monarchy. Humor
Sisters in Sorrow Estranged sisters share a feeling of loss and separation. Culture Rural Life War Women
Vlas This extract from The Writer's Diary tells the story of a peasant's religious conversion, which Dostoyevsky turns into a discussion of the nature of Russian peasants. Fiction