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A Child Weeps in Moscow
A Child Weeps in Moscow
A Child Weeps in Moscow
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Alien possession meets alternate history, in this communist tale set in 1923 Russia, about a boy named Abraham (Abe), whose parents suddenly disappear one day. Like many of the adults throughout Russia, they are being taken away in the night by a special police force put together by Lenin’s “new” government, a government put together after the arrival of spacecrafts with biomechanoid origins and higher intelligence and influence. Aliens the citizens simply call, The Invaders!

Klara Izolyev, Abe’s teacher, tells the boy that the only way he can learn the truth about the Invaders is to go to Moscow. There he will learn what they really want on Earth, what role they play in the current socialist movement, and possibly find his missing parents and sister. There he will fight starvation, arrest, combat homelessness, and meet an even more influential figure. Arkady, the leader of a Moscow street gang, whose parents have also been taken away. Together they will all journey to find the people they once loved, discovering just why the aliens are so interested in helping Lenin.

Keywords: Science Fiction, Alternate History, Speculative Fiction, Dystopian Fiction, Historical Fiction, Novellas, Russian Literature, Russian, Dagstine, Survival Stories, Aliens, Communism, Genre Fiction, Single Author, Dark Fiction, Generational Horror, Children, Popular Fiction, George Orwell, 1984

LanguageEnglish
Release dateJan 17, 2013
ISBN9781301041145
A Child Weeps in Moscow
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Lawrence Dagstine

Lawrence Dagstine is a native New Yorker, video game enthusiast, toy collector, and speculative fiction writer of 25+ years. He has placed more than 450+ stories in online and print periodicals during that two-decade plus span, especially the small presses. He has been published by publishing houses such as Damnation Books, Steampunk Tales, Left Hand Publishers, and Dark Owl Publishing (of which he has a new short story collection being released in 2023 called The Nightmare Cycle). He is also author to numerous novellas and two previous short story collections from the 2000s era: Death of the Common Writer and Fresh Blood. His work is available on Amazon and B&N.com. Visit his official website, at: www.lawrencedagstine.com.Visit his Amazon author page, at: https://www.amazon.com/Lawrence-Dagstine/e/B001K8UG5KOr on Twitter, where he tweets about video games, pop culture, and other fun collectibles: www.twitter.com/ldagstineHe is a graduate of New York University in Journalism and The Science of Publishing.

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