In a story by this author, a man anxious about getting married has a dream in which a shopkeeper sells him a hot new type of fabric called “wife.” A fictional version of this author gives the name “Caracas” (15[1])to an (15[1])inanimate object that manages to (15[1])contract syphilis. (15[3])This writer marries a humanoid (15[1])balloon (15[1])in a story titled (15[2])for his “wife,” (15[1])by Tommaso Landolfi. (15[1])This author wrote a story in which a painter buys opium from a Persian, gets high, proposes marriage to a (*) prostitute, (10[1])and finally slits (10[1])his throat. (10[1])The dogs Meggy and Fidel (10[1])are overheard gossiping in another story by this author, (-5[1])in which the impending accession (-5[1])of Isabella II inspires Poprishchkin (10[1])(poe-PRISH-kin) to declare (10[1])himself (10[1])king of (10[1])Spain. For 10 points, name this Ukrainian author of fantastical (10[1])stories like “Nevsky Prospect” and “Diary of a (10[2])Madman.” (10[1])■END■