The works included in this volume perfectly reveal the versatility of the author’s creative palette. “Evening Conversations on an Island” takes the reader in...

The works included in this volume perfectly reveal the versatility of the author’s creative palette. “Evening Conversations on an Island” takes the reader in...

The novel The Mystery of the Ship describes the adventurous life of Dodd Loudon, whom fate brought aboard the wrecked brig Flying Cloud, allegedly loaded wit...

The story “The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” tells about the amazing discovery of Dr. Jekyll, which allows the hero to lead a double life: a crimi...

The moralizing story “Prince Otto” included in this collection tells about the last days of the Principality of Grunewald, about the intrigues of unscrupulou...

“The Cold of Fear” is a free improvisation of domestic publishers, collected from two original Western anthologies - “I Shudder at Your Touch” and “Shudder A...

Other translations of Olga Palna from different languages can be found on the page www.olgapalna.com.

Dedicated to the publisher who delayed the release of this book for a pointlessly long period of time due to a stupid legal battle over the design of the cov...

Alchemy and hermetic. “Royal art” and “art of kings.” A mysterious science that connected magicians and adventurers, philosophers and warlocks in a strong ch...

Alchemy and hermetic. “Royal art” and “art of kings.” A mysterious science that connected magicians and adventurers, philosophers and warlocks in a strong ch...

This is 1999. The year that was supposed to be the time of the Apocalypse - but did not. Or did it happen, but we haven’t noticed it yet - and we won’t notic...