Maria Galina is known and loved by both connoisseurs of high premium prose (as eloquently evidenced by the Audience Award of the Big Book Award) and fans of the exquisite horror genre. Charmingly gloomy “Lovecraftian” tales and short stories enchant and lull, drawing you into a bizarre world on the verge of reality and a nightmare, when until the last lines you don’t know whether the hero is destined to shake off his desperation at the last moment or whether he is not destined to return to reality. And is it necessary? The main thing is not to look back!..