Novella Crimson sails first published in 1923, is very popular in Russia. It’s lyrical and romantic and almost magical. The genre of this short story, only seven chapters, is hard to define. There is no overt magic there, so it’s not a typical fantasy, but the story takes place in a world made up by the author, so it’s not realistic either. In fact, most Grin’s stories occur in the same imaginary land his fans call Grinlandia. Grinlandia vaguely resembles Europe sometime in the 19th centur...

"The Green Lamp" is a brief parable by the Russian writer Alexander Grin.Genre: short storyTranslated by Ludo Totem

In a bucolic idyll, a terrorist agonizes over the act of violence he is about to commit. On a remote island in the South Pacific, the investigation of a case of mass suicide reveals further mysteries. In a far-flung colony, a cynical trio sends an unwitting man into the wilderness in search of a chimera. Mixing romance and high adventure, intrigue and the fantastic, these magnificent tales by one of Russia’s most enduringly popular writers deftly probe the depths of human nature and desire...

One day, a courier who deems himself quite the romantic hero, decides to follow a beautiful stranger... only to be plunged into a nightmare vortex in space and time.

Every once in a while... an evil so great comes along that it takes the greatest test of love, life, and death withstand it. Alexander Grin's Suan Plato Tragedy is a story of just such an evil and just such a test.

Explore the nooks and crannies of the mysterious land created by Alexander Grin and overlayed seamlessly with our own - Grinlandia. Enjoy the journey down the paths of the sacred and the profane, the strange and the frightening, the hideous and the dazzling as you enter Terra Phantasticum.This collections includes the following works:Adventure SeekerThe Kam-Bu BirdThe Golden PondHonse's Estate

Sandy Pruel - a sixteen-year old ship boy serving on a third-grade cargo vessel - receives an unexpected visit from two strangers that approach him with an unusual offer. What begins as a daring prank, develops into a dazzling kaleidoscope of adventure, intrigue, unimaginable riches and romance.

There are people comfortably settled into their lives. There are people confident in what they know. There are people who are safe within their well-defined world.Just when they think they have the universe figured out, along comes Drood and changes everything overnight.Join the great Russian dreamer Alexander Grin, as he explores the question - what would happen if a human being could fly.

Explore the nook and crannies of the mysterious land created by Alexander Grin and overlayed seamlessly with our own - Grinlandia. Enjoy the journey down the paths of the sacred and the profane, the strange and the frightening, the hideous and the dazzling as you enter "Terra Phantasticum".

Strange, strange things appear to a man who ventures alone into the nighttime woods.

Alexander Grin is known for his strange and chilling tales, and this one is certainly one of the oddest of them all. The author would like us to consider, what would happen if a creation not only outsmarted its creator but became truly dangerous.

The quiet, settled life of a tropical colony is disrupted when a mysterious stranger makes his home nearby. Himself an exile from the wider world and bittersweet memories, the newcomer pursues his own goals, but not before he alters the paths of those around him forever.