Alexander Pinaev

During an excursion to a research center, 17-year-old first-year student Zhenya accidentally gets into a test sample of a new model of the robot "Apostle" (A.P.O100L), which has its own will and mind. Having received a random pilot, the machine takes control and decides to escape from the laboratory. Now, in order to return home, Zhenya will have to find a common language with artificial intelligence.

Fyodor is a failed actor, he is trying to help his younger brother Nikita learn to walk again. Dressed as Santa Claus, Fyodor goes out on orders, hoping to raise money for an operation during the holidays. He is the saddest Santa Claus in the world, because, on top of all the other troubles, just before the New Year, his beloved girlfriend left him. And so, on December 31, he rings the doorbell of another apartment to give gifts from his parents to another pair of children, and then... the real New Year's magic begins. The girl Masha, seeing Father Frost, immediately decides that this particular Father Frost should fall in love with her mother and become a father for her and her brother Tolya. But that is not all. Each hero of this story, even those who do not believe in Miracles at all, receives their long-awaited gift, finds happiness, love and faith that the New Year is truly a holiday that can completely change life.

Alina, a young beauty blogger, Zhenya, a teenage pranker, Vika, an excellent student, and Kolya, a 6-year-old True Edge fan who is always asking questions, are the Akimovs' four children. Like any kids their age, they dream of being alone at home, without the supervision of their dad and mom. But when their parents get stuck in Kamchatka because of a cloud of volcanic ash, the dream becomes a reality, and the apartment is gradually overgrown with pizza boxes and dirty dishes. How long will the joy of complete freedom last? Will children be able to cope with "adult" tasks — communicate with neighbors, defeat the flu epidemic, assemble furniture and (most importantly) return the missing Internet? And most importantly, will they miss their parents?

Grandpa Slava is the oldest of the Midland vampire family. They live quietly. They live by the law. They live the unremarkable life of an ordinary Russian family and they never kill humans – ever. Although, of course, everyone knows they drink blood. And when some lifeless corpses are found in a birch grove near Smolensk... their peaceful life falls under threat.