Stories.

The crew of the Howells reconnaissance ship was very lucky: on the planet under study there was a civilization worthy of establishing contact, however, quite primitive and without developed technologies. The life of the natives is simple and obeys the clear requirements of the deities who are their ancestors. The demands sound right in the heads of the natives, and no one even thinks of doubting or disobeying what was said...

A landing party of alien Roxolans led by Captain Togram attacks planet Earth. The Roxolans have an advantage over humans in the field of interstellar travel, but as it turns out, this is not the main advantage on the path to victory. After all, people are also superior to aliens in some ways...

As the author himself says, the idea for this story came to him in the car while he was listening to the weather forecast: what if these numbers changing each other were not degrees, but years? Welcome to the world where turning the air conditioner knob changes not the temperature in the room, but the year in which you live...

After the birth of their son, the life of Pete Flowers and his wife Mary turns into hell. After all, the baby constantly cries, and the parents cannot understand what is bothering him...