Mysticism

Christmas is a family holiday, and any companion this evening is better than loneliness...

“The Neverending Story 2018” - 1st place. The story was published in the collection “Darkness of Ages”, Publishing Solutions, 2018. The author of the illustr...

“Black Mark 2017” - 1st place. The story was published in the collection “Black Mark”, Publishing Solutions, 2017

Kokeshi is a traditional wooden toy. According to one version of its origin, kokeshi were funeral dolls. They were placed in peasant houses when it was neces...

The flowers on the grave that decorate the cover are the most fun thing about this novella. Who promised you that everything in this life will be fine? Every...

A tale of two cultures, and two gods, of people who have become something more than just people. About hoary antiquity that does not want to give way to a ne...

“On a railroad bridge in northern Alabama, a man stood and looked down at the fast waters twenty feet below him. His hands were tied behind his back. There w...

The story was published in the collection “Magium Soveticum” in 2016

A mystical story about two brother musicians. The elder dreams of a cultural breakthrough for his country, and the younger dreams of how to get rid of the el...

A little about angels of the 21st century. (Old story. Forgot to add to the page).

Stories by Sergei Smirnov (1957–2009), united in the cycle “And the horse will curse its rider...”