Marina Yasinskaya’s fantastic stories included in the collection “Star Stone” differ from other works of this genre in that even those who are very far from science fiction enjoy reading them. Against the backdrop of galactic wars, space cruises, and Martian deserts, in worlds with a limited life span, a shortage of fresh water, the transplantation of human consciousness, and a digital reality that completely replaces the usual world, the stories unfold—true human stories, fully understandable and familiar to everyone: stories of love and self-sacrifice, freedom and devotion, fighting fate and searching for oneself. Marina Yasinskaya’s gentle humanitarian fantasy, centered always on a person and their problems and difficulties, touches feelings and plucks the deepest strings of the soul.