Snow-covered cemeteries, anatomical theaters, clinics for the mentally ill, the living dead and phantasmagoric visions - these are the themes and plots of the stories collected in this book by the well-known journalist and writer G. N. Breitman (1873–1949) both in Tsarist Russia and in exile. . The author himself called these works “creepy stories.” These included vivid stories directed against the death penalty and also presented in the collection. The book completes the republication of selected works by G. N. Breitman undertaken by our publishing house, which began in 2021 with the original encyclopedia “The Underworld: Sketches from the Life of Professional Criminals.” Horror Stories, Fantasy, Russian Fantasy, horror, fantasy, Russian fantasy.