Literary critics highly praised the simplicity and the paradoxical multi-dimensionality of Pavich’s texts, as well as the masterful eccentricity of the form. They see Pavich as a landmark figure in contemporary prose—an author of the 21st century. “Terrible Love Stories” is a collection of stories by M. Pavich, where every piece makes us participants in a certain magical game set up by the writer. Pavich’s favorite themes—love, death, mysterious dreams, the past—ring out again in his prose.