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Mayakovsky’s shadows

End of Summer festival at Kaliningrad’s Mayakovsky Library yesterday. Strange to discuss contemporary horror fiction in a building named after a poet who made his

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Daria Ryzhikova Contemporary Fiction Writer

Full circle

Kaliningrad. Standing on the same Baltic coastline that sparked my first novel three years ago. The fortress walls look exactly as I remember them, but

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Mediterranean algorithms

Sardinia. Azure water, limestone cliffs, evening light turning Olbia into something from a postcard. Perfect antidote to Moscow’s intensity. The quiet here is productive in

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Coming home as a stranger

Moscow feels different now. Walking streets that used to be automatic, noticing things that were invisible before I left. Four years abroad changes your relationship

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Descending into research

Egypt. Finally ticking this off the bucket list after months buried in business law and financial planning coursework. Spent yesterday inside the Great Pyramid at

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