The Scariest Book: Dust and Ashes

A new book in the series “The Scariest Book”—a well-known collection devoted to Russian horror.

The story collection by Vladimir Chubukov includes the best works from the last six years.

One of the most original authors of Russian horror explores themes of terrible metamorphoses of human nature and the approaching darkness and fear.

“Dust and Ash” doesn’t just aim to scare—it also fascinatingly dissects the nature of darkness and its secrets.

Meet, perhaps, the most eccentric Russian horror writer. It may not be the most pleasant acquaintance, but this is classic literature you should know.

Here, Russian cht(h)onicity combines cosmic horror, and necro-realism blends with a gloomy religious philosophy. As if Yuri Mamleev met Howard Lovecraft and absorbed him in the name of the Nameless—under vodka and a salted cucumber. As if the worst nightmare of Gogol came to life, and he was buried alive only to return and tell about the mysteries of the afterlife.

This literature is shifting, dangerous, shocking—and at the same time intellectual: dreams of super-razum that породили monsters, which burst from nothingness into our world.

Dust to dust, and ash to ash… Amen.