Table of Contents
Foreword
1919-1922
Future Prospects
At a Café
The Week of Enlightenment
Spiritualistic Séance
The Escapades of Chichikov
A Cup of Life
1923
KNP and KP
Moonshine Lake
Chanson d’Été
Beware of Counterfeits!
A Restless Trip
The Secrets of the Harem
Arithmetic
Stairway to Heaven
1924
A Drastic Remedy
The Performance at Little Roosters
How He Lost His Mind
The Hours of Life and Death
The Electrical Lecture
Shopping Center on Wheels
Enlightenment with Bloodshed
The Golden Documents
Square-feet on Wheels
Ratspeak
A Wedding with Party Secretaries
A Talking Dog
Did They Post It or Not?
The Sahara
The Story of Makar Devushkin
The Invisible Boots
Skull Hunters
The Adventures of a Dead Man
Meeting in the Presence of a Member
CentralPoliticalSermon
How the School Collapsed into the Underworld
Interrogation without Prejudice
On What Basis Did the Foreman Get Married?!
A Beer Story
The Funhouse Mirror
How to Fight with Gudok
How the Chairman Exterminated the Transport
Workers
The Comrade Director and the Masses
Three Kopeks
The Egyptian Mummy
Chopin’s Overture
The Lullaby of a Station Master
No More
A Story About Podjilkin and Grain
Librarian–Bartender
Concerning the Naked Case
The Swallowed Train
Wall Against Wall
A New Means of Book Distribution
Three Orders of Swinehood
A Notice from the Emperor
The War Between Water and Iron
A Worker–Correspondent’s Story about Extraneous
People
Under the Influence
The Demise of Shurka the Commissioned
The Sounds of Heavenly Polka
The Banana and Sidaraf
A Lucky Man
The Life of a Dog
The Desired Paymaster
“The Government Inspector” with a Knockout Punch
1925
The Healer
The Pharmacy
An Enchanted Place
A Genius Individual
A Collection of Putrid Facts
Love Collateral
Deviltry
Mademoiselle Jeana
Undespairing Teletypists
When Darkness Falls
A Series of Fascinating Projects
A Holiday with Syphilis
Sauna Attendant Ivan
On the Benefit of Alcoholism
How Mr. Flower-Bud Got Married
A Battle with Stamps
An Assembly to the Skull
Work Attains 60 Proof
The Fruit Orchard
A Man and a Thermometer
Concerning Wife Beating
The Negro Incident
When the Dead Rise from the Grave
Using Foul Language
The Wrong Pants
Father–Martyr
The Dead Walk
Dynamite!!!
Vsevolod the Unlucky
The Jubilant Station
The Sentimental Aquarius
A Mangy Type
Champion of the World
1926
Encephalitis
Radio Peter
A Diamond Story
