Heavy Metal Magazine #8

In the snow-laden woods of Krolówka, Poland, a group of Soviet and European apparatchiks gather for a hunting party, their camaraderie shadowed by the weight of the past. As the hunt unfolds, each man recounts personal memories tied to the omnipresent Vassili Alexandrovitch Tchevtchenko, revealing the deep, often painful, threads of loyalty, loss, and complicity woven through the Soviet system.

In "null," a quiet moment on a bus takes a surreal turn when the passenger sitting beside the protagonist begins to shrink—slowly, inexplicably—until their size becomes a pressing concern, forcing a desperate request for help to signal the stop.