Natalia Antonova

Little Peanut

The demon and the burnt king

I remember that I was walking in the woods during the day, with snow dusting my shoulders. Now, it was the kind of forest where the trees are all old and watchful – a forest all of us will walk through one day, and some more than once, too, all the children, and all theContinue reading “The demon and the burnt king”

Weekly writing round-up, featuring Pussy Riot, horror and my favorite bad joke in Russian

“Abandon hope all ye who enter here.” You know what pisses me off the most about the courts? It’s the denial that surrounds them. President PM Medvedev can do a serious interview with a serious UK publication, and wave off all concerns about Pussy Riot by pointing out that the court should decide. This isContinue reading “Weekly writing round-up, featuring Pussy Riot, horror and my favorite bad joke in Russian”

I’m 28

I slept for about three hours, because Lev had what appeared to be food poisoning. I put out the paper today and bought cherries for the office. My colleagues repaid me with flowers and kisses – and a paper that came out on time – which was very generous of them. Somehow, my body isContinue reading “I’m 28”

No, there’s no “Batman franchise curse”

There’s just tragic coincidences – and one deranged fucker who shot people in a theater (and the deranged fucker even looks like Kevin from “We Need To Talk About Kevin,” based on the photo released to the press at this time). But I do think that the franchise is associated with a lot of darknessContinue reading “No, there’s no “Batman franchise curse””