The authors of the collection “The First Story” live in the Southern Urals, most of them are our fellow countrymen, Chelyabinsk residents: N. Perezhogin, A. Shusharin, M. Klimenko, V. Kurbatov; from Orenburg I. Ukhanov, V. Menshikov - Kurgan. Some of them are familiar to readers. Thus, Ivan Ukhanov was published in the Sovremennik magazine, Vl. Kurbatov in “Youth”, and Mikhail Klimenko in the magazine “Ural”. The themes and style of writing of the authors of the collection are varied. Ordinary people with their thoughts, experiences and concerns are presented in the stories of I. Ukhanov. V. tells about the formation of something new in the village after the civil war. Kurbatov in the story “Grandfather’s Pear”. In “The Fourteenth Pontoon” A. Shusharin conveys the life of builders in the harsh conditions of the Siberian winter. About the difficulties of the village during the Great Patriotic War, about its workers - the story “Chernotalovsky Trace” by N. Perezhogin. We hope that the authors of “First Stories” will delight our readers more than once.