Pictures of worlds that are in some ways similar to the familiar, our world, and in some ways different from it, fantasies on the theme of parallel history, ...

A genetic researcher mysteriously dies at an orbital station, Emperor Napoleon appears to a highly intelligent robot and warns of the danger threatening huma...

She woke up at night from sounds coming from the street. I think it was two male voices. Going to the window and listening, she realized that they were dragg...

“– In the shape of a pig? - exclaimed the mandarin. “In the form of a pig,” confirmed the messenger and left him. “Oh, what a sad day of an unhappy year!” - ...

“There was a soft knock on the kitchen door, and when Mrs. O'Brien opened it, she saw her best tenant, Mr. Ramirez, on the porch, and two policemen, one on e...

“In the twilight evening air on the terrace, needles often sparkled, and it seemed as if a swarm of silver midges were circling. The three women's lips moved...

“This is how his working day unfolded. He got up in the dark, at five in the morning, and washed his face with warm water, if the boiler was working, or even...

Do you want to conquer Mars, this strange, changeable world inhabited by mysterious, elusive inhabitants and not so kind to humans? Go for it. But just get r...

Human grief is a constant quantity, but the reasons for it become smaller.

A husband and wife, an old married couple, are so tired of each other over their long life together that each is itching to kill the other. But what's the po...

At night a girl comes to his window and cries bitterly. And it seems to him that he has already heard this cry and this voice. A voice from the distant past....

“He opened the door into the darkness of the screening room. There was a sharp sound, like a slap in the face: “Close the door!” He slid inside and carried o...