In the sixth volume of the Complete Works of Bualo-Narsejak, we get acquainted with their stories for the first time. Recognized novelists and in the genre of the short story show themselves as real masters . Perhaps the limited space of the novel and interferes with their inherent psychologism, but in the construction of intrigue and an unexpected finale "on the spot" of the story, the authors clearly win. Pessimistic perception of the modern world is faced in the presented collections of stories with an unusually life-affirming attitude towards people inhabiting this sinister reality. Readers who will get acquainted with the sixth volume of the Complete Works of Bualo-Narsejak will certainly come to the conclusion that a holistic view of their work is impossible without novelistics.