Very blue, very noisy

I have long wanted to publish the book of Konstantin Naumov, the author first said to this: “It’s too early to think about the book, I have too few stories so far”, and then: “I will think,” and then: “I thought, I need something to do something Throw out and write a few more texts. ” Well and so on. Normal in general workflow. And in January 2018, Konstantin Naumov died, and now we are publishing his book without demand. From time to time I sit down and write him a letter with apologies and explanations: “You have very cool stories, it will be a shame, if no one reads them, the text still needs a reader, like plants and water.” I write, and then I wash - but how else to correspond with the dead? Unpertured, erased letters are the only option. I really do not want this publication to look like a memorial, “in memory of...” - well, as usual in such cases, they say. It is not memorial. This is a good book of a very good writer, which we simply did not have time to publish with him, thought that we still had a lot of time, and we did not have it, no time at all.