Originally posted on hijacked amygdala:
My mother grew up in the 70s. This means that all of her favorite spy movies had eerily similar bad guys with names like Boris, Ivan, Ivan, and Boris. When…
Originally posted on Nesie's Place:
~~How Russia Inspired a Year of Daily Art and Stories~~ Before I left for Russia, when I’d tell Americans where I was headed, they’d say, “why the hell are…
It is common knowledge amongst young residents of Russian cities that Babushkas [older Russian women] do not like to be followed. If you tread, especially at night, too close behind a babushka, she will turn, …
I drink a glass of water before bed. I stand and watch my cats try to eat the cockroaches sprawling over my cutting board. Those damn cockroaches. The first time I saw them, I went …
FREE 3 Day Kindle-Book Sale: The King of FU From the 7th-9th The King of FU is available for free on Kindle on Amazon. Check it out completely risk-free (so long as you don’t read …
Trying to speak Russian feels like fumbling around a room of people I’m sure I’ve met before but whose names I can’t quite seem to remember. Sometimes, I think I’ve got one. I walk over …
I live with my friend ‘D’ in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The man, Olek, who works in the shop where we buy our morning coffee sometimes calls D, “Bob–something.” Once, we asked why and Olek said, …
The Babushka Society is now available! Baba Yaga menaced Russian children for generations, but what would happen if you ran into her in modern-day Russia? The Babushka Society is a demented magical-realism adventure set in …
Originally posted on Author Anthony Avina's Blog:
ABOUT THE AUTHOR My name is Benjamin Davis. I am an American writer and Journalist living in St. Petersburg. I grew up in a no-name town in…
