These stories should under no circumstances be considered as an independent work. They are completely derivative of the wonderful game "S.T.A.L.K.E.R. - Shadows of Chernobyl". They contain text fragments directly borrowed from the game, they are illustrated with screenshots taken during the game. Events are tied to maps of the game space. The names of characters from other literary works based on the game and references to the plot lines of these works are also used. The author urges us not to regard this as plagiarism, but to consider it a deliberate technique to bring the content and form of the stories as close as possible to the plot and general style of the game. The author asks possible critics Please note that the stories were deliberately written in the entertainment genre, deliberately designed for a “one-time” reading “out of nothing to do” in a carriage or on the beach and in no way pretend to be taken seriously. The author would like to take this opportunity to thank the creators of the game for the pleasure brought from completing “S.T.A.L.K.E.R.a” and wish them numerous further successes. In the near future, a multimedia version of the stories will be posted at foreign/lukianov/3/3.htmlThe text of the book was translated from the original language using an artificial intelligence program. For the most part, the translation of the text is of very high quality, but in some cases, due to the imperfection of the technology, there may be incorrect phrase translations in the text, as well as single words and expressions may not be translated.