The Fatal Eggs

“Fatal Eggs” is a fantastic, ironic novella. Professor Persikov discovers a unique red beam that can accelerate the development of living organisms many times over. The discovery is wanted for quickly restoring the chicken population, which is dying out from an unknown disease. But, by a fatal twist of events, instead of chicken eggs, the eggs of snakes and crocodiles end up in a collective farm… “What now will happen, I absolutely can’t imagine. Vladimir Ipatych, look—” and he shouted out loud, reading the first thing he came across on a crumpled sheet… “The snakes are moving in flocks toward Mozhaisk, laying an unbelievable number of eggs. Eggs have been spotted in the Dukhovsky district… Crocodiles and ostriches have appeared. Special units and government detachments stopped the panic in Vyazma after setting the suburban forest on fire, which halted the movement of the creatures…”