Zinaida

While Raya, a girl with a red bow, wails over a collapsed sand castle that our teacher Zinaida Vasilievna is busy examining, Genka and I quietly creep out of the playground.

A Mountain of Crumbs Elena Gorokhova 2010

While Raya, a girl with a red bow, wails over a collapsed sand castle that our teacher Zinaida Vasilievna is busy examining, Genka and I quietly creep out of the playground.

A Mountain of Crumbs Elena Gorokhova 2010

But now, frozen in front of this black door, we both realize that this is the place where the garbageman must live, in the middle of this damp tunnel, in the eye of darkness, where we are no longer protected by sunlight or Zinaida Vasilievna or even screaming Aunt Polya.

A Mountain of Crumbs Elena Gorokhova 2010

But now, frozen in front of this black door, we both realize that this is the place where the garbageman must live, in the middle of this damp tunnel, in the eye of darkness, where we are no longer protected by sunlight or Zinaida Vasilievna or even screaming Aunt Polya.

A Mountain of Crumbs Elena Gorokhova 2010

Zinaida greeted them and turned on the subspace communicator.

THE WRATH OF KHAN VONDA N.McINTYRE 1990

Khan broke the embrace gently and turned toward Zinaida Chitirih-Ra-Payjh.

THE WRATH OF KHAN VONDA N.McINTYRE 1990

Zinaida, like most, had concentrated on the limits of pleasure.

THE WRATH OF KHAN VONDA N.McINTYRE 1990

Dreaming never hurt anyone, though, and sometimes Del dreamed about Zinaida Chitirih-Ra-Payjh; in his dreams he could pretend that he was different, that he could provide whatever she asked and survive whatever she offered.

THE WRATH OF KHAN VONDA N.McINTYRE 1990

Zinaida shrugged, turned off the communicator, and joined her teammates by the computer.

THE WRATH OF KHAN VONDA N.McINTYRE 1990

Perhaps, if Zinaida were strong enough, she might even survive until then.

THE WRATH OF KHAN VONDA N.McINTYRE 1990