The exotic holiday of Halloween has recently become very popular in Russia. Shop windows are decorated with skeletons and bats, and in houses people light jack-o’-lanterns that grin. Everyone watches films about ghosts, vampires, and maniacs. People also read scary stories—mostly foreign ones too. But what about our own writers? Surely they forgot Gogol’s warnings and lost the ability to scare the people with ghastly inventions? No! In the new collection “Depths,” you’ll find stories that make your blood run cold and your hair stand on end—even among the most steadfast horror fans. Contemporary Russian horror has something to match the works of foreign masters of the genre.