LGMW MAGAZINE

Are you afraid of the dark? Perfect. Now follow me into this oversized rabbit hole, though if you’re expecting anything as innocent as a tea party at the end of it, temper those expectations. You first notice the peculiar glow: four light spots floating like will-o’-the-wisps in a low, earthy tunnel. The walls and ceiling drip with the memories of countless rainy seasons. Roots dangle, resembling the skeletal fingers of some long-forgotten giant, swaying ever so slightly as i

Русский язык без России: международные русскоязычные и переводные журналы *ESOL = English for speakers of other languages With the outbreak of Russia's full-scale war against Ukraine, anti-war writers working in Russian have been confronted with a difficult question: what should they do with texts written in Russian? Should they stop writing and reading them? Should they switch to another language? There is no single answer to these difficult questions; each person must decid

Preface to the Excerpt from “Alex Green: The Clay Letter” (2023): Alex Green, a meticulous analytical chemist, and Asher Singer, a legendary maverick Professor of Archaeology, have formed an unlikely alliance to authenticate a sensational artefact: a 2,500-year-old clay tablet from the fall of Jerusalem. This "Clay Letter" becomes a scientific and political flashpoint, as its contents challenge the very foundations of religious tradition and national myth. In this scene, the

Once, in the most famous opera house in Paris, a terrible fire broke out. During the tragedy, the prima donna died, while her fiancé — a talented composer — survived but was left with a horribly disfigured face. After the accident, he disappeared from public life and was never seen in the theatre again. Soon, strange rumours began to spread. People said that the heartbroken musician had settled beneath the opera house and that, after his death, he became a ghost haunting the