Since when haven't you read sci-fi in its pure, crystalline form? The one, the real one, from the time of Asimov, Bradbury, Arthur Clarke and the Stugatsky brothers. "Kiss in the Dragon's Ear" offers you this amazing opportunity. Apart from his publications in the periodical seal Sergey Vladov is known in Bulgarian reader and with three published novels. The first one his novel is signed with the name Sergio Vla- dino and is titled "To Rise, you must die'. His other two novels, "The Empire of Angels" and "The Pupils", appeared on the Bulgarian market also under the pseudonym - James Blackberry. "Kiss in the Dragon's Ear" is a collection of fantasy stories and novellas that cover the entire palette that a self-respecting science fiction must offer to lovers of this genre. From space travel and conquering unknown planets to contact with imaginary forms of intelligence that exist in parallel in our lives and give rise to inexplicable phenomena. Some of the works in the collection have found a place in the national press. The short stories "The Beast", "Still Life with Forever Fresh Flowers" and "The Heirs" have been published in magazines with a thematic orientation and have received awards. The novella "Rainy Period" was printed in the first issue of the foreign science fiction magazine "Omega" and Sergey Vladov was the only Bulgarian author appearing there. In current times, when AI is advancing more and more vigorously, when chatbots are increasingly brazenly taking over the Internet, when the robot "Sofia" is already an indisputable fact, with recognized citizenship and social status, and communication with intelligent thinking machines will be normal in the very near future, humanity awaits its fate with increasing anxiety. Want to know what she is like? Read the stories in this book and you'll get some startlingly accurate answers. No, fiction is not the genre of oracles. Fantasy is simply anticipating reality.