Magical Stories

Author: Annemarie Nikolaus
Length: 28 page(s)
Written: Sep 2011
Sales Rank: -
Views: 297

A water ghost, a young magician, a magic-talented hare and a good witch: Magic and intelligence, reality and legend connect in these stories.

Two stories, which tell about the force of nature and the thoughtlessness of men.

One story, in which counts to consider well what to wish.
And a very particular Christmas story.

Some years ago, “The Brook“ and “Cork“ have been published in German, the Christmas story in Italian. Short stories with wisdom, not only for children.

From reviews:

"The four stories were a delight to read. My mother used to read me fairy tales, and these reminded me of them. But I don't recall reading or hearing these four tales before, so they were new to me. They had an interesting theme going through them of not interfering with nature. Or, in the last one, with the Christmas witch.
At times I could tell that English was not the author's native language. Instead of distracting me, it added an extra fairy-tale feel to the stories."

"This is a small book of four short fairy-tale type stories that have been translated from German or Italian. The first and third stories both relay a warning of what can happen when mankind tries to alter nature, the second story is an instructional tale (think things through!) and the last story is possibly the most fun - poking fun at the logistical problems caused by the need to deliver presents for Christmas. "

About the Author

Annemarie Nikolaus
Member since: Sep 2011
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German author and journalist, actually living in France after 20 years in Italy.

Gebürtige Hessin, hat zwanzig Jahre in Norditalien gelebt. Seit 2010 wohnt sie mit ihrer Tochter in Frankreich.

Sie hat Psychologie, Publizistik, Politik und Geschichte studiert und war u.a. als Psychotherapeutin, Erwachsenenbildnerin, Journalistin, Lektorin und Übersetzerin tätig.

Sie schreibt regelmäßig in der Zeitschrift "Kommune. Forum für Politik Ökonomie Kultur" und der "akp - Alternative Kommunalpolitik". Ende 2000 hat sie mit dem literarischen Schreiben begonnen. Seit der Veröffentlichung der ersten Kurzgeschichten schreibt sie Romane, mit besonderer Vorliebe Historische.

"Das Feuerpferd" ist 2005 im Print als erster Roman erschienen, ein Gemeinschaftswerk mit zwei anderen Autorinnen aus der Gruppe "Schreibwerk".

Sie schreibt Fiction und Non-Fiction, in der Regel in deutscher Sprache.

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