“Denis Ryabtsev works in a complex genre - the short story. The great J.V. Goethe specially wrote a work entitled “Short Story,” in which he, by his own admission, wanted to give an example of the short story as an “unheard of incident,” as opposed to a short story. In his own way, Denis Ryabtsev also moves towards a philosophical understanding of Russian today’s existence in this vein. I believe that true literature should educate by surprising. Denis Ryabtsev's short stories are surprising. Let us wish him good luck and hard work in the capricious world of the Great Word." Lev Burakov, Chairman of the Orenburg Writers' Union.