Писатель Илья Розенфельд

Kay was not a wicked boy. He was a brilliant mathematician whose consciousness was ahead of its time. Gerda was his wife—a simple, "warm," down-to-earth woman for whom happiness was measured by Sunday dinners and ensuring "everything was just like other people have it." The Snow Queen in this story is not a woman. She is a metaphor for Absolute Reason . It is a state of pure logic, devoid of emotional noise. ACT I. THE SHARD (EPIPHANY) That day, it wasn't a shard of a troll's mirror that hit Kay in the eye. It was a micro-stroke or a sudden chemical glitch that caused a rare anomaly of perception—a complete loss of emotional empathy . For Kay, the world instantly ceased to be colorful and noisy. It became crystal clear. He looked at the roses Gerda loved so much, and instead of their beauty, he saw decaying organics, the process of rot, and a senseless waste of resources on reproduction. Kay looked at Gerda and instead of love, he saw bioch...

The city, once a bastion of predictability and order, plunged into chaos. "Normality", so long placed on a pedestal, had crumbled, giving way to a motley and unpredictable crowd of "abnormals". Tall, slender blondes with blue eyes, once the ideal of beauty, now hid in alleyways, fearing scornful glances. Their place was taken by albinos, people with vitiligo, those with multicolored eyes and hair of all shades of the rainbow. Men whose muscles were once a symbol of strength now shamefully covered their bodies, avoiding ridicule. They were replaced by people with disabilities, whose strength of spirit and will to live became the new standard of masculinity. Heterosexual couples, once the foundation of society, became objects of curiosity and misunderstanding. Their place was taken by representatives of the LGBT community, whose love finally received recognition and respect. Intellectuals, whose knowledge was once a source of pride, now hid their diplomas, feari...