Ilya Masodov - this is of course a pseudonym - is a unique and remarkable author. His evident insanity combined with his impressive (in its beauty) language create unbelievable phantasmagorias that feature mysterious characters, situations and locations. In almost each story the main protagonist is a schoolgirl, who gets involved in crazy situations and often turns out to be a very unusual creature. Reading his stories, you feel trapped in insanity, and you also feel like taking an axe and going out, killing 'them all', since Masodov's works carry strong scorn to the life and awe to the death. To cut the long story short, THIS has to be read, and I'm very pleased that YOU are going to read these wonderful masterpieces of insanity, created by a madman, but a very talented one.
Scum - Daddy would always turn the TV on, and Mom would always cry in the bathroom, and her dead sister would always come at night...
The West Road - Christmas was little Lena's favorite holyday because Santa would come to her on that day, with his magical sack...
Bitch - This story opens the series of works by Ilia Masodov, an insane genious. In our humble opinion, he is hard to beat...
Crematorium - A murder for the sake of innocence preservation. A touchy conversation with a dead child and the agony of tenderness...
The Gold Bug - Beware of gold bugs! Meeting them does not promise anything nice...
Sky Salt - This is a story about Peter, a boy who studied to play the piano. He took his lessons from Lydia Michailovna, a nice middle aged woman. And this story is also about how one the sky entered this boy, not without help of this woman.