Oh, this empty future, in which a dragon chokes on its radioactive tail, and confused, broken people, with faces bloodless from explosions and hair singed to...

One day Ben realized that he wanted to become a dinosaur when he grew up. Since then, the dog moved to the vacant lot behind the house, the cat moved to the ...

In her hands you will always see a broom or a dusty rag, a washcloth or a ladle. She hums something under her breath all the time, cutting off the burnt crus...

Nineteen-year-old Camilla is fading away before her eyes. Six doctors could not figure out what was the cause of the disease and how to treat it. And so the ...

Family life does not always go smoothly and the girl, who fluttered like a moth before marriage, is forced to carry heavy suitcases behind her husband. She p...

Illegally fired police officer, tireless fighter for justice, Mr. Mulligen, continues the fight against crime in his own way...

Ray Bradbury wrote this article back in 1979, as a kind of afterword to his novel “Fahrenheit 451.” For some unknown reason, it was never translated into Rus...

A small collection of science fiction stories, published as a 16-page supplement in the magazine Ogonyok (1993, No. 11).

Bill Pronzini. Hello - great,...

Earl Lajos was a lawyer. He met Shorty in the park and invited him to lunch, although Shorty could piss off anyone. Earl promised to introduce him to three c...

It took millions of years for humanity to reach its current level. We have learned to build cities, large and small, literally from scratch. How much work an...

Goodbye summer! This is what grandma looked like, this is what grandfather repeated. This is how twelve-year-old Douglas felt. Although he continued to eat d...

People who land on Mars encounter SOMETHING on their way that has been waiting for many millions of years. Just waiting.