About the book: 2023 / “Listen to what I’m going to tell you now...” Magic words. How much time after such words was lost by the listeners - forever, aimlessly, uselessly and meaninglessly! After all, if the narrator has chosen the right topic and tone, and also has the gift of persuasion, you can listen endlessly. But we have heard so much - new, interesting, scary and mysterious... In the stories collected in this book, everything is true and pure truth, except for what is invented, fantasized and lied by the author, as it should be according to the laws of the genre. And whoever doesn’t believe it, let him check it!