E. Nesterina “Queen of the Winter Ball” (previously the story was published under the title “Green Light at the End of the Tunnel”). At the head of a detachment of warriors, a young queen rushes on a horse. The sword sparkles in her hand, the enemies tremble and take flight! There are lights burning in the windows of the castle - and the queen, dressed in an elegant dress, is dancing at the ball... But all this is the fantasy of Vera Gerasimova, who, of course, is not a beautiful queen, but an ordinary girl. Will dreams never become reality and reality never become interesting? And then the disco in honor of Valentine's Day is approaching. To which Vera was unexpectedly invited by a completely different guy...S. Lubenets “Valentine’s Day” (previously the story was published under the title “Valentine’s Day”). There is no love in the world! Ninth-grader Katya Prokofieva was one hundred percent sure of this. But on the eve of the stupid Valentine's Day, the whole school seemed to go crazy - the girls were learning poems from Eugene Onegin, the boys were going to fire dueling pistols on stage. And everyone wrote “Valentines” to each other. Katya was above this and did not participate in the general madness. Besides, she knew that no one would write her a love letter. After all, even Ruslan, with whom she kissed the day before, addressed all his notes to another girl...I. Molchanov “Virtual Angel” She is invisible. Neighbors, passersby, store clerks, classmates at school - no one pays attention to her. Even her only friend is busy only with herself, she doesn’t care about Karina’s problems. And suddenly miracles begin to happen in the life of a modest quiet woman: someone writes her anonymous romantic messages, she meets an amazing guy and... realizes that she has a real secret...