Katerina Mukhina
Writer. Researcher. Adventurer

Katerina Mukhina

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Stories about relationships – humorous, ironic, where everyone sees themselves 

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A Bug Zapper
August 3, 2025

Love is… A quest for a bug zapper while the beloved is frozen in terror - insects all over the house. She rushes to rescue him. While he always rescues her - from bears and her nightmares. She tests limits - he survives. Growth through mutual, manic devotion.

Movie Nights
March 12, 2024

Watching shows with J is always a surprise. His life’s more interesting than any script. I laugh: “Netflix made another show about you.” With every show carving into his past and wondering - so different - how to make it together?

Arrested Clothes and Hose-Washed Boots
March 12, 2024

A messy Starbucks barista and her germaphobic partner clash over laundry, hygiene, and stubborn habits - boots get hosed down, clothes are "arrested,". How would love survive if two people are so different? Or does the negative attract the positive and thus evolve into something stronger?

Glitch in the Universe and 29th of February  
February 29, 2024

A love story without bars, alcohol, no drunken kisses, no drama-fueled nights or sleepovers — just two very unusual people building something rare, raw, and real. It’s so unusual that it looks like a glitch.

Quail’s Run
February 20, 2024

House-hunting in Canada — with impossible wish lists, hidden “perfect” homes, and a real-estate Jedi who saves the day. Dreams of Gordon Ramsay in the kitchen and foggy mornings for “aesthetic sadness,” the house happened to be on the street with the cutest ever name -‘Quail’s Run’.

The Dragonfly Wish
October 3, 2023

During a trip to Port Renfrew, Vancouver Island, craving love, a wish was made by Fairy Lake. Two dragonflies alighted, teaching that dreams matter. By October’s end, the perfect dragonfly - the one and only - was found.

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