The short story collection "The Ships Did Not Dock" awarded Menelaos Lountemis the First State Prize for Prose in 1938.

The author weaves stories around themes that have particularly concerned him since the beginning of his writing career: actors who, through poor performances, try to emerge, self-destructive figures, sick and forgotten by all, marginalized people, well-off girls who end up in cheap brothels and try to forget their past by changing their names, women of high society who try to satisfy their desires.

Stories filled with humanity and love, stories about those who, despite the difficulties of daily life, never cease to seek a light, a hope, redemption.