In the story “Waiting for August,” the author outlined the watershed that divided the lives of the heroes before August 1991 and after, showed how some officials “defeated” others and thereby destroyed a powerful country. In the novel “You Look Like an Asteroid...” the author talks about the formation of a family in new, capitalist conditions, when everything old breaks down, and nothing is offered as a replacement except for the power of money and the thirst for profit. The story “The Chariot” has been read in books and on the Internet for about ten years, the reviews are positive. The author is the same age as Pobeda, a member of the Russian Writers' Union, laureate of the national literary award "Writer of the Year" for 2012. Contains obscene language.