About the book: 2023 / Can work be art for a cook? Who is the most evil villain in the world? What do mermaids eat? What item does a mother who has lost a child consider to be the most unnecessary in her home? Why would a hacker hack a water park? A businesswoman can step on anyone. What about a dinosaur? How will the love of Romeo from the planet Mont and Juliet from Capul end? How to lure a greedy dead wife, and is this even possible in principle? You will find answers to these and other questions in the collection of stories by Irina Gornaya, written for the competition "Conquest 2022".