This is the author's collection, which includes stories of different genres: both fairy tales about the adventures of a family of gnomes, which will be interesting for adults, a fantasy about the society of the future with its immersion in virtual reality (“Even the seas have low tides”), and lyrical, sometimes dramatic stories from everyday life, inspired by the beauty of the Crimea ("Crimean Romance", "Alupka"). The exception is the story that precedes the events of the historical fantasy "When the Shadows Return". At the end of the collection there is a cycle of miniatures "At the Dawn" - early works.