Remotely. 12 Stories

Yuri Vafin, one of the most read bloggers on Telegram - and definitely the most mysterious - presents a new book: a tale of the strange, hard-to-grasp, at times tragic spring of 2020.
One August night, I watched a comet fall. It was some special comet, it didn't burn up in an instant, it flew for a long time. The tail of flames grew, turned white, then red, and then became some kind of toxic green. Seconds passed, my heart beat louder. “Stop” - I almost prayed, looking at it. The feeling of an impending catastrophe paralyzes. I stared like a rabbit at a boa and just waited for what would happen. At what moment will the celestial body disappear, or on the contrary, reveal its structure, cover half of the night sky, illuminate with a bright flash, and a shockwave will pass. And in a second we will already live in a different reality.
Ekaterina Andreeva, breaking news: “...this is the largest asteroid impact, possibly since the Cretaceous period, thousands of cities destroyed, a tsunami wave reaching two hundred meters...”. But it was a close call. Flickering one last time, the comet burned up entirely. I gulped some beer with dry lips, brushed myself off, and continued on my way through the dacha settlement.
In the spring of 2020, something similar happened...