On the eve of Christmas, on Christmas Eve, the evil power of the unclean is set free, roaming the streets in search of lost souls. The skull makes a man commit suicide. The corpse disappears from the grave and ends up on the dining table… But is it really that way? Or can the human mind create horrors that are even worse than the devil himself? “Horrible Tales” is a collection of stories where the boundary between reality and nightmare is erased, leaving a cold mark on the soul. Anatomical theaters, cemeteries, psychiatric hospitals become a stage for a clash of human fears, guilt, and mysticism.
Grigory Brejtman (1873–1949) was a writer and journalist who studied the criminal underworld and wrote crime stories. He was the publisher of the Kyiv newspaper “The Latest News.”