Tales of Ghosts. Playing Another Reality. Edgar Allan Poe award 

“Tales of Ghosts” is a collection of mystical & philosophical stories about various ghosts and the Otherworld, the sense of life and death, the tragic turns of fate and the search for mutual love, the importance of being yourself, listening to inner voice and not postponing anything for tomorrow.

The book includes the cycles: “Love Me Now!”, “The Master of Fates”, “Restless Souls”, “Nostalgia for the body”, “The Land of Mists”. Edgar A. Poe, A. Hitchcock, E.T.A. Hoffmann, H.Chr. Andersen awards.

TALES OF GHOSTS

PART I. LOVE ME NOW!

0. BONFIRE

1. SEE YOU TOMORROW!

2. A WHITE DANCE “LADIES’ CHOICE”

3. GOD, BARSIK AND BORSCH

4. THE WIND OF CHANGES

5. THE CITY OF RAINS

6. A WISH

7. STUCK PLUTO

8. KAILASH

9. A CANARY

10. A CATS’ NAME

11. COME ON!

12. ON THE BANKS OF THE THAMES

13. A GUEST

PART II.THE MASTER OF FATES

0. EXCEPTIONS

1. THE MASTER OF FATES

2. A SINNER

3. TWO WOMEN

4. FROZEN

5. CRANBERRIES

6. COFFEE

7. INTERGALACTIC UNION OF WRITERS

8. STILLBORN

9. A NIGHT GUEST

10. NANNY

11. DEADLY TIRED

12. SPORTSMAN

13. GOOD NIGHT!

PART III. RESTLESS SOULS

0. AT CUSTOMS

1. GRANDMA

2. A MEETING

3. THE HOUSE BY THE STATION

4. A STRANGER

5. THE SEAL

6. NO COOKIES

7. A PIANO

8. A LETTER

9. FAREWELL TO N

10. DISEMBODIED

11. A SCRIPT

12. WHERE WE ARE NO LONGER

13. TEA DRINKER

PART IV. NOSTALGIA FOR THE BODY

0. IN THE BLUE FOREST

1. WHITE CLOTHES

2. WARRIORS OF LIGHT

3. A DIALOGUE

4. FROM THE LOOKING GLASS

5. AN ICONOGRAPHER

6. WHEN THE FAIRIES DIE

7. A MAGICIAN

8. ORACLE

9. A VACATION ON ATHOS

10. BROKEN MIRROR

11. AT CHRISTMAS ON KUZNETSKY BRIDGE

12. A PHOTO FILM

13. DARK TOWER

PART V. THE LAND OF MISTS

0. THE LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERSE

1. THE GIRL AND THE CAT

2. THE GIRL AND THE SEA

3. ENCHANTED LAKE

4. WATER LILY

5. ENCHANTED PRINCE

6. FAREWELL TO CHILDHOOD

7. THE OLD LANTERN’S DREAM

8. SKY LADDER

9. A PORTRAIT

10. AN ARTIST AND A POET

11. THE MAGICAL CITY

12. A BLACK RAVEN

13. P.S. A LETTER FROM THE ASTRAL TABLETS

EPILOGUE. THE RETURN