Tales of the mysterious magic of St. Petersburg. The writer finds the secret of the “absolute text”, as a result of which, from words, he creates people who begin to really live... From under the familiar appearance of the city, its second face emerges - the mysterious Oecumene, an enchanted kingdom, where time has stood still, but a fierce war is going on for power... Stops the heart of St. Petersburg: grass sprouts in the streets, squares turn into swamps, a mixing of eras, myths, reality begins... “Petersburg text” in all its incarnations.