Departure Time

Bitcoin’s rise led to the apocalypse. Ghost dogs roam the Darknet and guard the minds of the connected against invasion by digital demons. A writer from Chinese Russia needs a translator for his texts. Aliens stop a nuclear war by freezing missiles in the air. Robots hire people, while In-Dins organize gladiatorial battles. A teenager summoned by the Order of the Wind resists the invasion of the Outsiders in the Wandering City.

The collection by Yan Badevsky includes stories written in different directions, and a short novel “Darknet.” Cryptopunk and sci-fi, space horror and post-apocalypse, “close range” and transhumanism. Works published in “Darker” and “World of Fantasy” magazines and in the anthologies “Quasar.” First under one cover.