E-böcker / Fantasy & SF
Anne Lisbeth
Anne Lisbeth was a beautiful young woman, but she gave birth to a repugnantly ugly child. That is why she gave it into the care of the wife of a man who worked in the fields. This ...
The Child in the Grave
He had been ill a long time and God came for him – the parents and sisters of the little four-year-old boy who had died were inconsolable. No chagrin was greater than that of the b ...
Something
Once upon a time there were five brothers who had arrived at the age where they asked themselves what they would become. Each of the brothers wanted to become "something" and each ...
The Thousand-and-Second Tale of Scheherazade
Have you ever wondered what would have happened if Scheherazade had not ceased with her tales and told the king another story that is actually a retelling of a previous story, but ...
A Tale of the Ragged Mountains
An example of Poe’s mystery-laden and dream-oriented short stories, "A Tale of the Rugged Mountains" offers unique perspective on important notions at the time – mesmerism, alterna ...
Morella
Poe’s symptomatic need to portray dying or already dead women is evocative of his own failed and miserably spent marriage life to his young cousin. "Morella", in a way similar to " ...
A Dream Within a Dream
An example of Poe’s melancholic and morbid poetic pieces, "A Dream Within a Dream" is a poem that pitifully mourns the passing of time. The poet’s own life, teeming with depression ...
The Premature Burial
The story unanimously voices Poe’s obsessive concern with premature burial. Dwelling on humanity’s fear of being buried alive, Edgar Allan Poe provides not only examples of such di ...
The Fall of the House of Usher
Considered one of Poe’s most famous and best constructed terror short stories, "The Fall of the House of Usher" is most likely to grab the reader in its clutches and never let them ...
Eleonora
"Eleonora" is a short story that draws heavily from E. A. Poe’s own life and marriage. Surprisingly optimistic and devoid of any real terrors, the tale, though dealing with similar ...
The Cunning Little Tailor
The story that we are going to tell you is about one smart little tailor who was so wise that he managed to solve a princess’s riddle. Can you guess what the reward was? Of course ...
The Wolf and the Man
The wolf hears the rumor that there is no stronger being than the human. So he is determined to see for himself. One day the wolf meets a hunter with a gun and a knife. Do you thin ...
Foundling-Bird
Foundling was a little boy who was found in the forest by a kindhearted hunter. The hunter took Foundling home where he grew up with Lina, the hunter’s daughter. One day Lina heard ...
Godfather Death
A poor man meets a dead end when he cannot decide on a godfather for his thirteenth child. He sees first the Lord but he does not think He will be a suitable godfather. Then he mee ...
The Elves
Do you want to hear not only one but three stories about elves?In the first story the elves are quite helpful as they help a poor shoemaker finish his tasks faster. In the second s ...
Lucrezia Borgia
Lucrezia Borgia oli kuuluisa italialainen aatelisnainen, joka eli 1400-luvun ja 1500-luvun vaihteessa. Borgiaan liittyy monia myyttejä. Häntä pidetään todellisena femme fatalena – ...
De sovande barnen i Flumontis
Något är väldigt fel i den lilla staden Flumontis. Fast det är sommar är det mörkt och kallt som på vintern och flera barn har somnat i en djup sömn, omöjliga att väcka. Kan det fi ...
Gradalis
I en avlägsen framtid; människorna har sedan länge lämnat sin hemvärld och skapat en praktfull civilisation bland stjärnorna. Men även interstellära imperier riskerar stagnation, n ...
De bevingade
Utopia är en isolerad stad som ansvarar för omvärldens skydd mot en fruktansvärd sjukdom. Invånarna är förtryckta, övervakade och utvärderade. Var tredje år ges några få titeln De ...
Kostaja kuoleman takaa
Yksityisetsivä Allan Vaara on varma, ettei iäkkään Irja Laineen kuolema ollut luonnollinen. Vaara saa selville, että Laine on ollut kiinnostunut niin parapsykologiasta kuin henkipa ...
The Shepherd Boy
There was a once a shepherd boy who was so clever that he could answer every question he was asked. The king in the kingdom had however three very specific questions. Do you think ...
The Poor Miller's Boy and the Cat
An old miller who did not have a family of his own wanted to retire and leave his mill to one of his three apprentices. All he wanted from them was to bring him the finest horse ev ...
Stories about Snakes
Do you want to read not only one but three stories about snakes? Then you have chosen the right Brothers Grimm’s folktale. It is about small children getting along with snakes whic ...
The Willow-Wren and the Bear
Kids you know that it is not right to insult other people, right? Nor animals? Apparently the bear in our story was not taught well. She insulted the wren’s children and called the ...
The Goose-Girl
A beautiful girl with a golden hair was betrothed to a prince from a far kingdom. The girl and her maid headed out on the long journey towards the prince’s home. Little did the gir ...