The story "The Underground Dutchman" won a special prize in the Once Upon a Time in Moscow competition held by the Ketlerov publishing house and MTODA (International Creative Association of Children's Authors) in 2017.This book could be called "poem of the Moscow outskirts."The truth of our life is the main thing in this book. Here on Sunday morning, a subway car moves from the outskirts to the center - a common thing.But circumstances suddenly develop in such a way that people who are strangers to each other are forced to get to know each other. And it is immediately clear who is who. After all, when danger occurs, it does not matter what position a person occupied before. The human essence is manifested here.The reader, together with the author, follows this path step by step.And here is an ordinary Moscow high-rise building on the outskirts, in the story "Wanderers and Aliens". The first floor, and six doors leading to one landing.Behind each door there is a life hidden from prying eyes.We have become so isolated, so busy that sometimes, having lived side by side for years, we don't even know the neighbor's name.The inhabitants of this staircase are forced by fate to recognize each other.We are still able to communicate. We can still sympathize with each other, and even help.The author raises complex social, family and public issues, touches on the problems of worldview, tolerance, civic conscience.Tatyana Shiposhina is a famous writer, author of more than forty books for adults and children, many of which have been reprinted. Winner of many literary competitions, including the "New Children's Book" ROSMEN, the competition. S. Mikhalkov. Holder of the sign "Golden Pen of Rus'" and the sign of the Union of Writers of Russia "Order of V. Mayakovsky"Published with the support of the Moscow regional public organization "Moscow and Muscovites".