Nikolay Genchev Genov is a doctor of literary theory and chief assistant at the Institute of Literature at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. In 2017, he graduated with a Bachelor Degree in Bulgarian Philology at the University of St. Kliment Ohridski, and in 2018 - Master's Program "Literary Theory" at the same university. He will defend his dissertation in 2022 at the Faculty of Slavic Philology. His research interests are in science fiction, digital media and video games. He is the author of the book The Virtual Man: An Experience in Phantomics (2022). His writings have been published in various magazines, anthologies and electronic platforms.