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Dream
Dream a short about the life of a sniper having recurring dreams of assassinating a dictator.
Twisted Lullaby I-V
Twisted Lullaby I-V palimpsest, cosmogony, other words (quite a few)
Alētheiosis
Alētheiosis Alētheiosis: a prose-poem in five movements — here to traumatise a generation of children
Truth crawling back to her well: Gérôme, the 1890s, and the post-truth helix
Truth crawling back to her well 1890s vs now, Jean-Léon Gérôme's paintings of Truth coming out of her well, the naked truth in Democritus's well, the Dreyfus Affair, Impressionism, and why Truth might be crawling back down in the post-truth age
Quantum Crush
Quantum Crush What are the odds to find someone who gets it? A scientific approach.
Of Love, Leisure, and Reality checks
Of Love, Leisure, and Reality checks a story
How to Be "Good"
How to Be "Good" On the cost of passivity and justification of evil: lessons from history, literature, and life.
Posts from Underground
PfU I: Posts from Underground Posts from Underground: Part I, chapter I
Applied asymptotology
Applied asymptotology Tulubaikaporia, Episode One: a drunken reunion that may or may not go as intended, and the village that's about to vanish
Utter Nonsense In Outer Space
Utter Nonsense In Outer Space Space explorers make stunning discovery of colossal cosmic frog — what happens next is chilling
Tulubaikaporia’s First Ever Book Club
Tulubaikaporia’s First Ever Book Club an epistolary play about a book club scam, counter-trolled by a fictional assistant, three intermediary banks, and a due diligence form
Beelzebufo, The Annihilator Of Dinosaurs
Beelzebufo, The Annihilator Of Dinosaurs When art meets prehistory: two filmmakers, one dinosaur, endless possibilities.
Phantomic Rabbits
Phantomic Rabbits an audio story about one mysterious novelist giving his first podcast interview, read and played by Vladibear and Craig Burgess
Creatures of Habit
Creatures of Habit Whiskers, wagging tails, and the weight of routine.
Prophecy: Internet of The Future
Prophecy: Internet of The Future the spiritual sun of the world
PfU VIII: Optimising for vibes
PfU VIII: Optimising for vibes Posts from Underground: Part I, Chapters VIII
Literature is pure metaphysics
Literature is pure metaphysics on books, reading, writing, and phenomenology of those (among other things or a lack thereof)
Before The Big Bang
Before The Big Bang a story
How to enact generational betrayal
How to enact generational betrayal Fathers and Sons, obscure translations, and primordial soup
The Unremitting Monedey
The Unremitting Monedey monday at work, virtual gems, real dilemmas
Just A Joke, by Chekhov
Just A Joke, by Chekhov another Chekhov translation
PfU II: How I wanted to become a bug
PfU II: How I wanted to become a bug Posts from Underground: Part I, Chapter II
The only writing advice you need, Anton Chekhov edition
The only writing advice you need, Anton Chekhov edition rules for aspiring authors
Transcendental Memes
Transcendental Memes “I am so fuckin’ transcended in my cognition as if I have lived for a hundred trillion of billions of fuckin’ years on trillions of trillions of fucking planets, like this Earth…”
On Literature, Revolution, Entropy, and Other Matters
On Literature, Revolution, Entropy, and Other Matters a translation of Yevgeny Zamyatin's essay.
Dragons in the Dungeons of Mind
Dragons in the Dungeons of Mind First we slay the dragon, then we heal the scars
The Void Between Us
The Void Between Us It's only safe to talk about the weather
The Debut Project: Chapter the third
The Debut Project: Chapter the third in which the conflict intensifies and measures grow desperate
The Debut Project
The Debut Project a novella
Starlings
Starlings Birds and flaunery
First Aid, by Chekhov
First Aid, by Chekhov The project announcement and a new Chekhov translation.
A Conversation Between A Drunken Man And A Sober Chort, by Chekhov
A Conversation Between A Drunken Man And A Sober Chort, by Chekhov another Chekhov translation
It's All Just An Old Videogame
It's All Just An Old Videogame “Your nostos cannot be done, for there’s no sea, no ship, your Ithaca has sunk, and you’re not even Ulysses.”
Dostoevsky on AI (probably)
Dostoevsky on AI (probably) literature, time, masturbation, "Crime and Punishment"
Matryoshka Theory
Matryoshka Theory Let's help Felix unravel the universe's mysteries hidden within the wooden bellies of matryoshkas!
On generative art, authorship, personal assistants, and beauty (amongst other things)
On generative art, authorship, personal assistants, and beauty (amongst other things) not an essay but a courtroom drama
Sergei Eisenstein's memories of James Joyce
Sergei Eisenstein's memories of James Joyce Eisenstein on Joyce: their 1929 Paris meeting, the Ulysses film that never was, and what cinema owes to literature — translated from Russian (Part I)
syllogismatics, briefly
syllogismatics, briefly Tulubaikaporia, Episode 6
Some Theories of Awakening
Some Theories of Awakening as well as time, adulthood, resistance, and cosmic implications
What Dostoevsky and Turgenev promised each other
What Dostoevsky and Turgenev promised each other Dostoevsky and Turgenev's rivalry, their debt, and the promise they made each other — a literary correspondence, 1864–1865
Dostoevsking
Dostoevsking literary sports and misery porn
The Doomsday Button
The Doomsday Button If you press it — that's it, curtains, kaput, complete сorps de ballet, fiasco and tragedy
On the Evasive Effectiveness of the Literary Novel
On the Evasive Effectiveness of the Literary Novel a rant, completely unsolicited
Two Newspapermen, by Chekhov
Two Newspapermen, by Chekhov A translation of Anton Chekhov’s short story Two Newspapermen (1885)
A Brief History of Russian Culture
A Brief History of Russian Culture in states hardly compatible with the creative process
PfU VI–VII: The Based and Meaningful
PfU VI–VII: The Based and Meaningful Posts from Underground: Part I, Chapters VI-VII
When Nietzsche met Turgenev
When Nietzsche met Turgenev Literary, historical, and philosophical investigation.
Traits of cultured people, by Anton Chekhov
Traits of cultured people, by Anton Chekhov “Chekhov's eight traits of cultured people — his 1886 letter to brother Nikolai, translated from Russian”
Hunters
Hunters a short story where two men sit, talk and drink vodka in an abandoned tavern
Words Unspoken
Words Unspoken a bar scene
all the fuckery & beyond
all the fuckery & beyond Tulubaikaporia, Episode 3
Too Many Minus One
Too Many Minus One she hid so well that the only way to find her was to look everywhere at once
Huxley Bupkins's Execution
Huxley Bupkins's Execution How to grow your social worth (or die trying)
The Phenomenon of 'The Room'
The Phenomenon of 'The Room' A proper way of avoiding the middle
Phobokenosis
Phobokenosis on stupour, fear and fearlessness, and collective rituals
Reviews
Reviews a short story about two misunderstood filmmakers
The Trumpet of the Martians
The Trumpet of the Martians The Trumpet of the Martians - A Relic from the Russian Avant-Garde
Word salad, with nettle leaves and rakes
Word salad, with nettle leaves and rakes applied belletristics: a little on grasstouching, sober philosophising, and other matters
Whispers in the Astral Plane
Whispers in the Astral Plane My rewriting of Igga Fitzsimons's short story Véronique.
Cynic
Cynic My translation of a short story by Anton Chekhov
Nevédomosti №1
Nevédomosti №1 Deleted scenes, essays, updates, and plans, or a lack thereof
Drama, by Chekhov
Drama, by Chekhov Another Chekhov translation
Vladimir Sorokin's AI Exhibition in London
Vladimir Sorokin's AI Exhibition in London Field reporting: A few words on Vladimir Sorokin, his cult book "Day of the Oprichnik", and his new AI-assisted art project.
Deleted Scenes from the Bestselling Utopian Novel
Deleted Scenes from the Bestselling Utopian Novel "Deleted Scenes" is a surreal mosaic that transports readers into the heart of a dystopian world that is terrifyingly close to our own.
PfU III: It’s So Over (The Wall)
PfU III: It’s So Over (The Wall) Posts from Underground: Part I, Chapter III
Vanka
Vanka Anton Chekhov's "Van'ka" (1886), translated into English. The story the schoolteacher praises in Episode 5 of Tulubaikaporia.
Where is that City N?
Where is that City N? City N in Russian literature — Gogol, Chekhov, and the unnamed provincial town that is everywhere and nowhere
Traits of Cultured People, by Chekhov
Traits of Cultured People, by Chekhov “Your talent puts you in a special position: if you were a toad or a tarantula, even then you would be respected, as everything is forgiven to a talent.“
Eisenstein about Joyce
Eisenstein about Joyce a translation of a fragment from Sergei Eisenstein’s memoirs written about his encounters with James Joyce
The Testimony Of Sixth The Second
The Testimony Of Sixth The Second a short story about AI, Art and Beauty
Welcome To The Wonderland
Welcome To The Wonderland a flash fiction fairground scene
Was or Wasn't, Would've or Wouldn't've Been
Was or Wasn't, Would've or Wouldn't've Been the numb conspiracy of the remembered (invented)
Phantomic Rabbits
Phantomic Rabbits a story about one mysterious novelist giving his first podcast interview
Rodin's Hands Through Rilke's Eyes
Rodin's Hands Through Rilke's Eyes Rilke on Rodin's hands — a translation of Rilke's poetic observations on Rodin's sculpture, with philosophical commentary
Look At The Horizon
Look At The Horizon An encounter at the beach where the search for inspiration takes an unexpected turn.
Chekhov's Romantic Escapades
Chekhov's Romantic Escapades "Chekhov or Checking out?"
Twisted Lullaby VI-VII
Twisted Lullaby VI-VII jellyfish juice, bulletproof bubbles, other words
Reasoning With The Algorithm
Reasoning With The Algorithm "What good is a ginormous brain if it can’t even count?"
When Hell freezes over and Tolstoy learns to skate
When Hell freezes over and Tolstoy learns to skate a literary investigation
How Khorya and Borya Trafficked a Chort
How Khorya and Borya Trafficked a Chort a picaresque tale about trafficking a chort
Futzbuckers Forthcoming
Futzbuckers Forthcoming "My son, the day you were born, the very mountains whispered the name, Felix."
Life And Poetry Of James Clifford
Life And Poetry Of James Clifford a story behind the legend
Rules For Aspiring Authors by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
Rules For Aspiring Authors by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov The only writing advice you need.
Why I don't go to Russia
Why I don't go to Russia On writing, dissidence, and hypothetical real crimes and punishments
Microcosmos & microchaos
Microcosmos & microchaos Tulubaikaporia, Episode 4: between the village and the city
"Deleted Scenes" Publisher Weekly review
"Deleted Scenes" Publisher Weekly review Clever, outraged novel of storytelling in a totalitarian state.
Everyone’s eating shit now and it’s AI’s fault
Everyone’s eating shit now and it’s AI’s fault Nunc Est Cacandum
Stop Faecism?!
Stop Faecism?! Everybody's banned from eating shit and why we should care
DaaS
DaaS When immortality loses its luster.
The Debut Project: Chapter the second
The Debut Project: Chapter the second in which we see the characters in City N and get some necessary exposition
Art as Technique
Art as Technique an essay, a translation, and a personal manifesto of sorts
Ванька
Ванька Антон Чехов, "Ванька" (1886) на русском. Anton Chekhov's "Van'ka" (1886) in the original Russian.
The Debut Project: Chapter the first
The Debut Project: Chapter the first in which everyone has a lousy morning
James Joyce and the cinema of the future
James Joyce and the cinema of the future Translation of Sergei Eisenstein's collected writing on James Joyce (Part II, probably final)
The Mysterious Trip of Mark Markethrudder
The Mysterious Trip of Mark Markethrudder a short story about a little man fighting a universal entity
The Art of Chekhovian Eurotrip
The Art of Chekhovian Eurotrip selected Anton Chekhov's letters from Europe, 1891
Contrast and Affinity in Visual Storytelling
Contrast and Affinity in Visual Storytelling Explore the cinematic alchemy of contrast and affinity with Ilia Bagaev's insightful dive into visual storytelling. Uncover the secrets behind iconic films and learn how masterful use of visual elemen
A Clockwork Human
A Clockwork Human a short story about one curious scientific experiment
Deleted Scenes from the Bestselling Utopian Novel
Deleted Scenes from the Bestselling Utopian Novel My new book is now available in bookshops!
letters & dreams
letters & dreams Tulubaikaporia, Episode 5
The Art, The Tragedy, The Art of Tragedy, The Tragedy of Art
The Art, The Tragedy, The Art of Tragedy, The Tragedy of Art Author suffers an attack of pure belletristics in real time
From An Idealist's Memoir, by Chekhov
From An Idealist's Memoir, by Chekhov A translation of Anton Chekhov’s short story ‘Из Воспоминаний Идеалиста’
Psychology of Creativity
Psychology of Creativity my translation of Zamyatin's lectures "How to Write Stories": Part I (not sure there're gonna be more parts, but let's be optimistic, shall we?)
Inside Felix Futzbucker: an Interview
Inside Felix Futzbucker: an Interview Exclusive: Tony Zentelis interviews Felix Futzbucker
An exercise in literary ventriloquism between Chekhov and Tolstoy
An exercise in literary ventriloquism between Chekhov and Tolstoy Translation of memoirs, letters, diary entries: 99% organic, 1% apocryphal
The Eternal Midwit
The Eternal Midwit Teffi's 1911 essay that invented the midwit meme a century early — translated from Russian, with commentary
Adaptations of Lurid Dreams
Adaptations of Lurid Dreams "A nightmare should be told aloud so that it doesn't come true"
Brainlephant
Brainlephant a story about a guy obsessed with elephants and fortune cookies
Global Death Orgy draws near
Global Death Orgy draws near It is, in fact, imminent, and there's only one way to avoid it. We need an ancient spell, friends.
The Blue Pill Of Atlantis
The Blue Pill Of Atlantis A nostalgic merman's tale of a fading Atlantis, where the past and present collide in a sea of forgotten wisdom.
Lingus Venus
Lingus Venus Tulubaikaporia, Episode 2
The Debut Project: Chapter the last
The Debut Project: Chapter the last in which everyone has a lousy morning again
Nevédomosti №6
Nevédomosti №6 Substack to print: "paper is still a status symbol"
The Void Travellers
The Void Travellers Alien philosophy over a couple of pints
Another Stitch On The Wall
Another Stitch On The Wall How I went vegan for one evening in Amsterdam
PfU IX–XI: Show Your Arsehole at the Singularity
PfU IX–XI: Show Your Arsehole at the Singularity dostoevsky's notes from underground in contemporary english: on road-building, the singularity, and why the narrator posts on substack
PfU IV-V: Performative moaning / Paingasm / Shitposting
PfU IV-V: Performative moaning / Paingasm / Shitposting Posts from Underground: Part I, Chapters IV-V
psychophysiological responses to bus time dilation
psychophysiological responses to bus time dilation Tulubaikaporia, Episode 7