The publication presents one of the best books by V.S. Ivanov "Secret Secret." For the first time after 1927, the stories that made up the book are printed according to the first edition, without late editorial and censorship distortions of the text. The section "Additions" includes the stories of V.S. Ivanov 1916-1921, which prepared the appearance of the book "Secret Secret," most of them are published for the first time; stories and stories of the second half of the 1920s, written in the key "Secret Secret"; without cuts, the correspondence of V.S. Ivanov and A.M. Gorky 1924-1928. The publication is illustrated with rare photographs.