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293-Hans Christian Andersen: The Little Things
Two stories, two small things making enormous problems.
292-Germanic Legends: Dwarf Fortress
Magic swords, Viking legends, dwarves, ice queens, and enchanted rose gardens, this story of Dietrich of Bern and the Dwarf King Laurin has a bit of everything.
291-Japanese Folklore: The Monsters
Three stories of monsters from Japanese folklore.
290-Indian Folklore: Hiss and Make Up
A story from Kashmir folklore about love, marriage, and murder.
288-Viking Sagas: The Pillage People
The Saga of Half and His Heroes from Icelandic folklore starts with Odin spitting in a family's ale and only gets stranger from there.
287-Korean Legends: Sob Story
What to do if your teen spends three years crying. Or, for the teens out there, how to get back at your dad because all he did was threaten you while you cried for three years.
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Carissa Weiser
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Carissa is a former audiology professor with a background in psychoacoustics, linguistics, and creative writing. She loves her family, photography, tennis season, and riding horses.
Jason Weiser
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Jason is a former hospital researcher with a background in English literature and narrative theory. He's a big fan of his wife and child, hiking, Batman, and cake (the dessert, but the band's ok, too).
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