Lana V Lynx

Joined June 2021

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Avid reader and occasional writer of satire and short fiction. For my own sanity and security, I write under a pen name. My books: Moscow Calling - 2017 and President & Psychiatrist

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Praise to Buckwheat . Top Story - December 2023.
Buckwheat is a non-cereal grain that is extremely popular in Southern, Central and Eastern Europe and in the entire post-Soviet space.
By Lana V Lynx2 years ago in Feast
Who Is Eve 1.0?
*** To my friend Emily for her birthday.*** At the time, there were no other people to witness that the Eve we know was not the first woman ever created. But God and Adam knew.
By Lana V Lynx2 years ago in Viva
Scarlet Sails
As a pre-teen, I loved the Scarlet Sails novella by Alexander Grin (full last name Grinevich), the most under-appreciated Neo-romantic Russian writer who lived a hard life and died a tragic death.
By Lana V Lynx2 years ago in BookClub
What Is A Woman?. Top Story - December 2023.
When I see videos like the one below with Charlie Kirk persistently asking college students one question, "What is a woman?" and students stumbling to answer or seemingly not able to give him an answer that would satisfy his inquisitive mind, as a teacher I'm baffled.
By Lana V Lynx2 years ago in Viva
Fun with "-stans"
Recently, I published a story with some facts about my home country and got some good feedback on it, which led me to the idea to write up some fun facts about the countries and places whose name ends with "-stan."
By Lana V Lynx2 years ago in Wander
Putin is Undead
Oleh Smal drew the cartoon above in 2014. Putin had just annexed Crimea then and those of us who grew up in the Soviet Union knew he would not stop there. The vampire theme turned out to be prophetic.
By Lana V Lynx2 years ago in The Swamp
Copyright Violation or Fair Use?
Years ago (2003-2019), President Zelenskyy of Ukraine was a successful comedian and co-founder of "Kvartal-95," an entertainment company and studio that produced numerous popular movies and TV shows, including Make A Comedian Laugh, a reality TV competition for standup comics.
By Lana V Lynx2 years ago in Geeks
Who do you see first?
Is it his young wife Or his old mother-in-law? Who do you see first? *** An old woman’s eye Or a young lady’s left ear?
By Lana V Lynx2 years ago in Poets
Calling Moscow - 20
This conversation happened on November 14, 2023, after Trump went through some of his records and stumbled upon a transcript of a 2019 call with Putin.
By Lana V Lynx2 years ago in The Swamp
Best Writing Advice Ever. Top Story - November 2023.
The best advice for academic writing I ever received was from my advertising and social science research professor at Kansas State University Dr. Carol J. Pardun back in 1995:
By Lana V Lynx2 years ago in Writers
Calling Moscow - 19
This conversation happened on November 10, following rumors of Putin’s death and Trump’s testimony in the New York civil fraud case.
By Lana V Lynx2 years ago in The Swamp
Vicarishame - 2
This story has been written from a female student's perspective. I'm taking this cool film class, like really cool, where we watch a lot of movies from all over the world and talk about them. I really love the professor, because he is young and cool. I'm learning, like, a lot.
By Lana V Lynx2 years ago in Fiction