Near the supermarket checkout, a long line had formed. Many shoppers’ carts were overflowing. Everyone was preparing for the New Year, stocking up in a big way. A slender girl in a light fur coat joined the end of the line with her cart and prepared to wait. There were no other options, as the […]
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A small town in the Urals. Narrow streets, old houses with peeling paint, gray five-story buildings along the only wide road. In the center of this modest landscape stood Lena’s house—a wooden two-story with a leaning fence. The house had been inherited from her grandmother, and although it was in poor condition, for Lena, it […]
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Nikitichna changed into her work uniform and headed to the hall. She had been working in the crematorium for several months. Initially, it seemed impossible to get used to such work, but over time she found something soothing in the silence. She had nearly fifteen years of experience as a cleaner, and she couldn’t sit […]
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