Stories that glow after dark.
A story studio: legends, fairy tales and folk tales for grown-ups and kids, retold from sources we have checked.
Godmother Death
No one will stand godparent to a poor peasant’s latest child. At the crossroads a strange, gaunt woman agrees to it. After the christening she reveals who she is and gives him a gift: from now on he will always know whether the sick will rise again. The peasant becomes a famous doctor. Except that one day Death comes to stand by his bed as well.
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Coming soonGodmother Death
No one will stand godparent to a poor peasant’s latest child. At the crossroads a strange, gaunt woman agrees to it. After the christening she reveals who she is and gives him a gift: from now on he will always know whether the sick will rise again. The peasant becomes a famous doctor. Except that one day Death comes to stand by his bed as well.
Coming soonThe Lo-cha Country and the Sea-Market
A merchant's son of rare beauty is blown by a typhoon to a land where beauty terrifies and ugliness wins high office. To make a career at court, he must blacken his face with charcoal.
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