Stop. Unhappened Stories

The new stories by Roman Senchin in the collection Stop were written before February 24, 2022, but now they sound particularly poignant. The characters are ordinary people with their hopes, desires, indecisiveness, surrender to fate and circumstances. But in each story, a twist arises, a kind of stop, when a person must make a choice, take a decisive step, say no or yes. To give up something for the sake of the future, ideals, finally, goodness. To shake off the mundane grime and see things as they are. Will this happen? The bus began to slow down. The conductor perked up. — Let me in… I’m frozen, — a voice from the street. — No stop! Close it, let's go! Do you hear? The driver obediently closed the door. Slowly started moving. — There is a stop, — said a big, gray-haired man, smearing moisture on the window. — There's the sign. What's wrong with you? — You can’t! They are tracking us! — Well, you guys, — smirked another passenger. — To not pick someone up…