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For Seva, the archaeological expedition is a means of escape — a way to outrun his problems. But Lyudmila Leonidovna, who arrives at the dig site, has a different agenda entirely. Seva never expected to become entangled in a perilous quest for a mysterious artifact, one with the power to blur the very line between legend and reality. And he certainly didn't anticipate that his past would reach out to shape his future.

"The first two ages have vanished into oblivion. The third is already moving towards its peak. Ancient legends and myths rise from their graves. Lords, mired in intrigue, are ready to play their game. A dreadful infection spreads across the lands of the living. And you are just a splinter. A cog in the wheel that still rolls forward out of inertia...
— Oh? So you’re the one who’ll be the killer of the frostbitten? Yesterday, werewolfes stole my goat; maybe you could get it back? — Naively, the old man leaned forward and scratched his balding head.
I looked skeptically into his eyes: 'Are you serious?'
Estimated age rating: ~16+# Dark Fantasy.

Since some of my English speaking friends are getting curious about my writing, I decided to start translating some of my stories and post them here, so I could share the link later.

В связи с тем, что некторые мои англоязычные друзья и знакомые активно интересуются моей писаниной, я решила потихонечку переводить некоторые недлинные истории и постить их в отдельный англоязычный сборничек, а именно пока сюда.

Slava Demchenko was just a boy when a monstrous wave swept through Phuket, taking his loved ones and leaving his world in ruins. But from the depths of tragedy, something extraordinary emerged. Slava discovered he could see and communicate with the otherworldly—a gift born of loss.

Reborn as Tai, he sheds his past and begins a journey into the unknown. The mystical secrets of Thailand beckon the young foreigner, but to uncover them, he must first conquer his inner demons. As he trains his body in the art of Muay Thai, he strengthens his spirit, walking the razor’s edge between the physical and the supernatural.

To fully embrace his destiny as an exorcist, Tai will need to face not only the spirits that haunt him but the truths buried within himself. With brutal training, ancient rituals, and the weight of the unseen world pressing down on him, Tai’s path is as perilous as it is exhilarating.

They were gentle creatures, those who could only run and not fight. They lived on their peaceful world for a long time, prospered, and eventually reached the stars, where they found others like them.

A story about evolution, fear, and clash of civilizations.

Welcome to the realm of Aldheim! A noblebright fantasy world in the Farborne universe. Meet characters such as Kron-Seijweise, the Grotusk storyteller, Henry, the Raptor warrior, Varu, the Brisk troublemaker, and many more.
Some chapters even delve into other realms of the Farborne universe, including Neovellir, an alternate history version of our very own world!

What remains when the entire universe collapses? Only thought. "I think, therefore I am" — this phrase by Descartes became not only a point of reference but also a verdict, forever imprisoning Western man in the solitary confinement of his own consciousness. Where is the proof that the external world is real? That other people are not merely convincing puppets in the dream of our lonely mind? This text is a journey into the heart of the most agonizing mystery of our existence. From Descartes' stove to Kafka's nightmares, from the gaze of the Other in Sartre to the abyss in the eyes of a stranger on the subway, from the digital ghosts of social networks to the temptation of an artificial interlocutor. This is the story of how the tragedy of solitude gives birth to music, love, and a great, quiet courage — the courage to believe in the reality of the other.

Newton's clockwork mechanism has ground to a halt. It has been supplanted by a Universe woven from quantum probabilities, where matter is executable code and reality is rendered on demand.
This essay is a guide beyond the confines of conventional physics, into a realm where the principle of "It from Bit" acquires digital flesh. Here, superposition is a state of lazy loading, and the past is a database that the system optimizes in real-time.
Within this paradigm, your consciousness is not a passive observer but a quantum tuner. The very act of your attention becomes a system call, compelling reality to make a choice. You are no longer a reader of the great Book of Creation — you are its co-author, whose gaze translates silent potential into a single version of existence.

Поездка на автобусе обернулась неожиданным конфликтом: обычный разговор с другом из Британии на английском языке вызвал бурю негодования у «патриотичного» соседа по сиденью.

Amurka is an Amur tiger. The last of her kind. Or the first? Her world is a zoo where reality is reassembled from scratch each day. She senses the falseness in the spotlight beams, in the smell of artificial meat, in the keeper's thoughts. She is an error in the system, a bug that learned to think. And when she is first offered freedom, the main question becomes not how to escape the cage, but what truly lies beyond its walls.

Perhaps the way out is not to escape the cave, but to cease being its prisoner by learning to distinguish the alien fire from the inner light. This is a painful, but the only path to tasting reality again — bitter, raw, and truly our own.

Do you know that poignant state between sleep and wakefulness, when the space behind closed eyelids feels more authentic than the morning light outside the window? When your skin still holds the memory of the Himalayan wind, and your nostrils carry the dust and saffron from the markets of Varanasi? What if these fleeting worlds are not just dreams, but a curtain slightly drawn back, a hint that our lives are performed simultaneously on many stages?
The ancients called this "Lila" — a play where you are not merely an actor dutifully reciting a part. You are both the light that trembles with your every move and the shadows cast by the will of this light. You are the very space where it all unfolds. At a certain moment, the need to choose between the role and your self disappears — all that remains is an astonished soaring in a space where the observer and the observed finally recognize each other.

Трое туристов из России поехали в Дубай отдохнуть «как люди». Местные жители быстро объяснили, как не стоит это делать.

Deep in the Heap, at the junction of rotting leaves and eternity, lives a Beetle who has learned the theory of the perfect Sphere. His world is a closed universe with its own dogmas, until it is invaded by a Firefly — the living embodiment of a different meaning, whose inner light illuminates new truths. This story is a tender and severe parable about the search for meaning in a meaningless order, about a love that becomes a bridge between worlds, and about the quiet peace that awaits those who dare to let their Sphere roll into the unknown.

What would you do if you suddenly woke up in the dark, without body and memory? Would you stay in the calm of oblivion, or would you try to escape? How much effort would you be willing to make to understand what is happening and which path will you choose for yourself?