Naumenko Georgy Markovich is a modern author and collector of works of folk art. The list of his achievements is quite wide: Georgy Naumenko is not only a writer, under whose pen more than a hundred books have appeared, but also a folklorist-musicologist and a member of the Union of Composers of Russia. The book “The Long Finger” presents horror tales that appeared thanks to a large number of scary stories the author heard from children and adults in all corners of Russia. This inspired Georgy Markovich to create his own horror stories. In the best traditions of this genre, the book contains stories about terrible encounters with evil spirits and the dead, horror stories told by a black skull, the terrible adventures of Count K., as well as bloody and creepy stories, the investigation of which was entrusted to a fearless detective. For middle school age.