E-böcker / Noveller
One-Eye, Two-Eyes, and Three-Eyes
Once lived three unordinary sisters. The first one was only with one eye. You can guess what her name was. The second one, the most normal of them three, had two eyes. The youngest ...
The Four Skillful Brothers
Four brothers learn four different trades. They travel home to show their father the skills they have developed. And then suddenly a princess is taken away by a dragon. Of course t ...
The Blue Light
One poor soldier wanders around not having a single coin, nor anything to eat. He meets one old lady and he begs food from her. The woman helps him but it turns out that she is not ...
The Singing, Springing Lark
A father was going to head out on a long journey and he asked his three daughters what they wanted him to bring them back. His two older daughters wanted beautiful and shiny things ...
Rumpelstiltskin
A miller’s daughter is taken to the king’s castle. He has heard that she can spin straw into gold and he wants to see if it really is true. Can it be? What do you think? Well it wa ...
The Juniper-Tree
A step-mother hates her son so badly that she kills him. Her daughter manages to hide her step-brothers bones which she buries under a juniper-tree. The tree is however magical and ...
Fitcher's Bird
There lived once an evil sorcerer who went from door to door pretending to be a poor man in need of help. When a pretty girl opened her home for him, he would compel her to jump in ...
Little Red Riding Hood
There lived once one little girl who most of us know by the name "Little Red Riding Hood". Do you know why she was called like that? Because she was wearing all the time the red ho ...
The Brave Little Tailor
There was once a tailor who killed seven flies at one stroke. He was so proud of himself that he made a belt embroidered with the words "Seven at one stroke". Then a giant saw the ...
Spel-Jerkers saga och andra historier
Moraklockan slog fem klingande slag. Lill-Jerk satte sig upp i skåpsängen och gnuggade sig i ögonen. Det var något han skulle göra idag, medan mor och far var ute. Fyra långa timma ...
Landsbygdsmysterier
Cirka 70 procent av Sveriges yta är täckt av skog. Skogens djup och isolerande natur är ett evigt löfte om anonymitet. Vad gör människan när den tror att ingen tittar? Bland åldran ...
De tre tågen
"De tre tågen" är tre noveller som utspelar sig längs järnvägen. Följ med tre personer på deras erfarenhet av tåg. Novellerna lyfter fram olika perspektiv på hur tåg kan upplevas.
Vi som inte kan hålla våra husdjur levande
Vi träffades på ett nätforum som hette ”Vi som inte kan hålla våra husdjur vid levande.” Han hette Adam, men kallades Adde av de flesta, berättade han. Vi chattade en del med vara ...
Den fallna ängeln
Dystopisk urban fantasy om hjältemod som inte sitter i förmågor, utan i hjärtat. Elijah förlorade allt i fallet. Kvinnan som stått honom närmast, sina krafter och sitt kall. Livet ...
Lyö sinä, minä venytän
Historianlehtori Konrad Sevinen on pudota tuolilta, kun kuulee vaimonsa Teklan ryhtyneen kirjailijaksi. Eikä miksi tahansa kirjailijaksi vaan humoristiksi, joka käsittelee yhteisku ...
Täydellinen murha: kaksitoista kertomusta
Benjamin, nuori juutalainen juristi, rakastuu palavasti saksalaiseen Christinaan. Heidän salainen romanssinsa päättyy, kun Christinan juutalaisvastainen isä määrää tämän naimisiin ...
Skimrande eljest
I Skimrande eljest samlar författaren Emilia Wahlgren noveller som alla kom till liv parallellt i samband med hennes debutroman Moraliskt fördärvade. Den är således en fristående f ...
The Seven Ravens
Once lived a family of nine, a mother, a father, and their seven sons. The eighth child was on the way. The seven brothers got a little sister. She was however so sick that the fam ...
Our Lady's Child
Do you think it is possible to not confess your sins if you are about to be burnt at stake? Most probably not, right? Well the girl in our story is so stubborn that you might rethi ...
The Man That Was Used Up
A short story that is shrouded in mystery, "The Man that Was Used Up" follows a narrator who wants to learn more about an important military figure. A satirical tale that mocks a r ...
A Predicament
The story is often labelled a sequel to "How to Write a Blackwood Article", and deals with Signora Zenobia, who comes across a stately cathedral and a giant clock, that soon will t ...
The Mantle
With his sense of humor and ability to observe, Nikolai Gogol presents the world with stories of little people: the weak and fragile people who try to hold on to life in the gloomy ...
May Night, or the Drowned Maiden
In Nikolai Gogol's short story 'May Night, or the Drowned Maiden,' a single night ends up changing the lives of many. Young Levko is the son of the head of a Ukrainian village and ...
St. John's Eve
How far will a man go for love? The short story 'St. John's Eve' by Nikolai Gogol from the 19th century recounts the sinister events that transpired in a poor hamlet generations ag ...
The Old World Landowners
"The Old World Landowners" is a short story written in 1835. It is the first tale in the "Mirgorod" collection by Nikolai Gogol. The story is a vivid representation of the old-fash ...