“For the Buoys” is a collection of stories by Anatoly Andreev, designed for readers of different levels of preparedness and needs. The author is primarily interested in topics related to human nature, many aspects of which are often perceived as taboo. Crossing the forbidden line (swimming “behind the buoys”) for a writer means calling a spade a spade. Relations between a man and a woman, social pressure on a person, problems of creativity - these are the main thematic blocks of the collection. Andreev does not betray himself: a playful beginning, organically connected with the erotic and intellectual, determines the style of small prose form.