The Fatal Eggs

First published in 1925 The Fatal Eggs is a satirical science-fiction novella by Mikhail Bulgakov a Soviet writer medical doctor and playwright active in the first half of the 20th century.As the new actuality of post-Revolution Soviet life commences to sink in a skillful but bizarre zoologist named Persikov conceives the machine that revolutionizes the development of living organisms by drastically boosting their size and reproductive speeds. Meanwhile a mysterious plague has wiped out the whole poultry inhabitants of Russia increasing apprehensions about the governments capability to provide for its people. Desiring to utilize Persikovs yet-untested innovation to restore the destroyed chicken population the secret service seizes Persikovs machinewith catastrophic consequences.