Colleagues call him “the father of Russian horror.” Readers know, first of all, as the compiler of anthologies: “The most terrible book of 2014–2017”, “13 maniacs”, “13 witches”, “Dark Ones”. He considers himself a true fan, even a fanatic of the horror and mystery genre. Who is he, M. S. Parfenov? A person who will lead you through the corridors of fear into the realm of unimaginable nightmares, into that very cherished “Zone of Horror”...Here, in the “Zone of Horror”, every breath, every glance, every rustle is mortally dangerous. An ordinary minibus turns out to be a monster from other worlds. An army of insects attacks a residential high-rise in Mitino. A little boy rushes to meet his “undead” friends. An elderly man tries to kill the monster his elderly mother has turned into. A detective writer reads a maniac's diary. An arachnid creature preys on babies... Not every reader can go through this. Not everyone will dare to look into the face of someone who appears to you in a dream. The graphomaniac vampire and the devil-merchant are the most peaceful inhabitants of this gloomy land, which is called only...