At the present stage of literary development the epic genre canon has largely suffered from plot deficiency due to author’s view priority. In this work the main attention is paid to some hybrid narrative forms, the modification of which became most remarkable in Russian literature by the beginning of the 21st century, that is – “poem in prose” and “novel-fairy tale”. Compared to the classical examples, N. Aleksandrova’s book “At the Break of Being” tends to the enlargement of the objective details, expanding the circle of persons. At the same time the whole text is bound with emphasized stylistic devices and possesses philosophical and metaphorical orientation. The interaction of “novel” (plot) and “fabulous” (cyclical) beginnings in the “novel-fairy tale” “Kykhma” by M. Rusanov creates the effect of ambivalence and acquires intermediality and parody, which become meaningful artistic devices.