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The Horrors of Life

Short story collection by Masha Gavrilova







ORIGINAL TITLE:    Ужасы жизни    

ORIGINAL PUBLISHER:    No Kidding Press, 2023

144 PAGES       

ENGLISH SAMPLE AVAILABLE


“We were bored, hot, and moody. Anya suggested we play a game where one person names a city and the other has to name a city that starts with the last letter of the previous city. Dasha started a discussion about something complicated and uninteresting. I was in my own stupid head, so I didn’t contribute anything. So we moved into the unknown. Half an hour later, I stopped and said: “Let’s just go ahead and open the melon.”



A collection of enchanting short stories from an emerging literary voice, seamlessly blending the millennial sensibilities with a touch of magic, while evoking echoes of literary luminaries such as Carmen Maria Machado, Angela Carter and Sally Rooney.

Masha Gavrilova's magical autofiction blurs the line between reality and imagination, inviting us into a captivating realm where anthropomorphic creatures come to life. Within the depths of her stories, we encounter dragons, volcanic cats, and even melancholic cockroaches. These elements of fairy tales, spooky campfire stories, and, at times, even body horror, are woven into the poignant first-person accounts of shattered friendships, unrequited love, and search for identity, familiar to everyone who has ever been young.













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