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    By Ivan Popov

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    There is nothing wrong with checking your email while riding the subway on the way to work. Nothing at all. But it turns out that in a few short stations a simple and innocent activity can turn out to be something much deeper and important. On such a subway ride each keystroke will echo with the quiet sobs of your soul.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherIvan Popov
    Release dateMar 23, 2015
    ISBN9781311493866
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    Ivan Popov

    I am a fan of Terry Pratchett and Sergey Lukyanenko, of Tolkien and Brandon Sanderson. I've written several short stories through the years, trying to get out all the ideas that my imagination churns out day and night, I have made websites and programmed roguelike RPGs (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roguelike), I've played and GMed pen-and-paper RPGs, designed board games, started writing several longer works.This (publishing at Smashwords) is an attempt to put all this creative chaos in order, and finally get out into the world the stories that come out of my head. You can get a taste also at my blog, where I'll probably post some of my older works these days.Welcome!

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      Published by Ivan Popov at Smashwords

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      The floor, the elevator, the people – everything was soaked in the downpour of rain that continued for two whole days. There was a line in front of the ticket counter of the subway, while several arrivals stood around simply waiting out the rain, or at least

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