In the Shadow of the Belt, Chapter 1: Early Childhood
And Then My Childhood Began... My very first childhood memory is a bunch of dead rabbits. After graduation, my father looked for work, and we moved…
In the Shadow of the Belt: Introduction
How Do You Discipline Children? In various countries, physical punishment of children is treated differently. According to my friend, a purebred…
Uchinoura, Part 2
XI. Short beeps in the tube interrupted the commander's swearing. A few minutes later, the colonel was already in the headquarters, and after some…
Uchinoura, Part 1
Dedicated to my colleagues in military unit 14129 “Starry” and to GUKOS*... I. The first time I heard about the wonders of Japanese technology was…
Brooch, Part 2
IX. The base of the hill turned out to be extremely dense. The tractor driver barely managed to take off several feet of soil. It was barely worth…
Brooch, Part 1
I. As he left the office, Hugh mentally scolded himself. He was still half a week behind, but he must drive far into the state. A rush job: they…
Rejoice!, Part 2
XXIV. A taxi pulled up to the wall and stopped. Two men of indeterminate age came out of it, put a couple of photos in a shrine, lit two candles, and…
Rejoice!, Part 1
I. Beyond the cracked sidewalk and the telephone pole with layers of flyers in a rainbow of colors and the patch of dry brown grass, there stood a…
Anfisa
I. She had a beautiful Russian name: Anfisa. On the basketball court, her teammates called her “Fisa”: she studied at a local institute and was fond…
Suicide
Senior Lieutenant Vezhek stood at attention before the commander. The lieutenant colonel was hoarse from swearing and tired. The starlie* did not…
