Saratov city, Russia. Summer 2018.

That story to @owasco's short story contest. The prompt "Ugh! The bread is soaking wet! Bread is not supposed to be soaking wet!" he snarled at me as he spit a soggy mouthful of half-chewed peanut

Thanks to @mgaft1 for the translate from Russian to English! The idea of this story appeared during our discussion with @mgaft1 on a Russian-language site last year. We discussed what could be the future

Hi Friends! This weekend I was looking at @mariannewest Single prompt options and one of them “Disoriented” just jumped at me. It so greatly describes the state of young people in nowadays Russia that

"The War On Christmas" “He just marched in and fell down on his bunk,” Tili the elf began. “Hasn’t said a word. He’s been staring at the wall.” Rili thanked him and opened the door to the worker’s

With the best intentions by @f3nix "A double toast! At your brilliant timing, for the second damn time." The nurse spoke turning his gaze to the parking lot, beyond the window whose bars, swallowed

@zeldacroft, @freewritehouse, We-Write #14 The club lights flashed and waved to the beating music. They washed the dancefloor in neon colors, in time to the heavy vibrations of the giant speakers.

Traveling around Russia, Lewis Carroll wrote in his diary an example of a particularly complex Russian word: “defending ones”. In English transcription, it turned out like this:

@zeldacroft, @freewritehouse, We-Write #13 The silver orb gleamed in the light. Resting on a long metal tube extending from a circular base, nothing had ever terrified Jonathan more. He glanced at the

“Don’t state the obvious,” the human Colonel warned the iron sentinel. “But I don’t remember,” a deep metallic din protested. Though called iron sentinels, these were state-of-the-art humanoids made of

@zeldacroft, @freewritehouse, We-Write #11 An inky air crept through the twilight hours, and now pressed against the windows of the house. Inside, Nathan aimlessly flipped through the TV channels, the

@zeldacroft, @freewritehouse, We-Write #10 “I can’t believe we’re here!” Clara gushed, gazing at the manor house. Its front steps were preceded by carefully-laid stone, centered around a magnificent fountain.

@zeldacroft, @freewritehouse, We-Write #9 A first sentence is all it takes to get the story going. Just start writing and see where it goes," suggested Mrs. Mowry as she handed out the composition

Today I learned a new English phrase: "You are a big reader!" Well... in Russian language there is no exact match. In Russian, we could say: "You've read a lot" or "You've read

This year we've had a very cold summer. Looked like this: And like this Grey sky, heavy clouds, rains and cold - like in the end of September. And this is not a North - this pictures are made between Moscow

Russian guys and girls like to listen to rap songs from black guys and girls) I don't know - why, but it's a fact) Well, we also have our own russian rap and just believe me - it's sounds terrible!) American

Hi everybody! I live in a small town in Russia... and trying to learn English language. I think - maybe, if I'll write here something in English, just a short post every week - maybe my English becomes

Crossroads on the outskirts of the Russian city

Gloomy grey sky in the Deep Russia

Pine trees and old house under the hopeless sky - in the Deep Russia)