Anatoli Tkachenko

Come in, the Suffering!

On the banks of a marvelous lake lost in the sands of Kazakhstan, there were four strong houses interconnected with striped gardens. Hermits lived there: grandfather Matvey, Baba Verunya, Marusya and Lenya. They lived at odds with nature and were happy. But once aliens visited the Seventh Edge – those were stray Moscow scientists who inadvertently disrupted the peaceful life of the quiet place.