"Literary Front" newspaper and published in "Fate", "Testaments", "Art and Critic", "Goldhorn", "Wreath", "Bulgarian Speech", etc. Stanev wrote tales involving animals, social and philosophical prose, historical novels and novelettes. During his stay in Sofia he was an acquaintance of the city's leading intellectuals who had a strong influence on his later works. Stanev's first book was a collection of short stories named "Tempting Glitters" issued in 1938. His next book was the collection "Alone" from 1940, which set forth a series of works devoted to the relations between man and nature. The books to follow were "Wolfish Nights" (1943), "Workdays and Holidays" (1945), "Wild Bird" (1946), "In a Silent Night" (1948). One of his last and best-known works, "The Peach Thief", was published in 1948 and filmed in 1964. After 1950, he worked for 14 years on his novel "Ivan Kondarev" describing the events surrounding the September Uprising of 1923. Stanev also authored many books for children and teenagers, such as "Through Forests and Waters" (1943), "The Greedy Bear Cub" (1944), "Tale of a Forest" (1948), "When the Frost Melts" (1950) and "Chernishka" (1950).