Vsevo Polishchuk

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Aug, 2024

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“How to add spices to scrambled eggs” by Vsevo Polishchuk

Submitted to Contest #270

How to add spices to scrambled eggs (The story is based on real events, but some facts have been invented for dramatic effect) He walked into the kitchen, rubbing his eyes. After looking at the mirrored surface of the turquoise fridge, he tried to turn the porcupine on his head into a usual mop-top, but quickly gave up. His stomach was grumbling, demanding eggs with bacon and vegetables after last night's whisky, and as fat as possible. But his mind was elsewhere: he was trying not to forget the melody he had written in his sleep.  This...

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“ The Book and the Shade” by Vsevo Polishchuk

Submitted to Contest #269

The lights have just gone out in the restaurant I was passing by. The last waiter left and locked the door. The chairs, taken to the tops of the tables resembled antlers of baby deers. I was almost past the dark window when a long shadow stepped out into the street. It crawled higher and higher, and I had to lift my head to watch the thing grow. Second, third, fourth floor. I see in the shadows something that looks like a head now. A bald head with a fleshy aubergine-like nose, a chewed-up face and maize for the hair. The creature smells lik...

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Author bio

I am the food writer and restaurant creator - trying to become fiction writer - from Lviv, Ukraine. I published many articles and book chapters in non-fiction (in Ukrainian): first about international politics, then about restaurants, gastronomy, and food history. In 2024, thanks to a prolonged illness and Ukrainian-British writing courses, I turned to fiction, writing in Ukrainian and English. I am looking for publisher of short stories collection ‘More Cognac for Mr Churchill: Eight Lunches, Dinners and Breakfasts in 1945’ which describes events of World War ending year through food and conversations by the table. I'm also working on a novel about a bartender who volunteered for the war, came back wounded and crippled, and is trying to find himself in a relatively peaceful life - and even create something. I am the husband of a wonderful woman and father of an extraordinary 11-year-old boy, who now live in London due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Meanwhile, I am trying to complete the creation of two gastronomic brands for the Polish market. And I write a lot every day, because when you start at the age of 45 in a country at war, you appreciate any opportunity to create something valuable.