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Fantasy er ikke kun for børn eller barnlige sjæle. Nogle af de mest populære titler gennem tiden hører til i netop fantasygenren.
I fantasygenren kommer man ind i en anden verden, væk fra dagligdagens pligter og begiver sig i stedet ud på eventyrlige og farefulde færder.
Uanset om forfatteren hedder J.R.R. Tolkien, J.K. Rowling, C.S. Lewis eller noget helt fjerde, så kan du være ganske sikker på, at de står bag historier, der betager, der sidder i kroppen længe efter, du har lagt bogen væk, og som kan læses gennem flere generationer.
One day a Portuguese duck arrived at the duck house. Some said she came from Spain, but from then on all her descendants were called ‘Portuguese’. Today, there is only one Portuguese... Læs mere
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 woman... Læs mere
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 thought that... Læs mere
On the day that the emperor’s horse received his golden horseshoes as a reward for his heroic deeds, the beetle who shared his stable was very jealous. The smith refused to make shoes for his... Læs mere
"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 topics from... Læs mere
Rudy lived close to the little town of Grindelwald in Switzerland. He lived with his uncle as his parents were both dead. Indeed, Rudy himself had almost died at the same time as his... Læs mere
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... Læs mere
"A most extraordinary thing happened in St. Petersburg on the twenty-fifth of March." The opening lines of "The Nose", one of Gogol’s best-known stories, and quite possibly the most absurd, are... Læs mere
As with "The Cask of Amontillado", this story is centred around revenge as the only possible outcome for the insulted protagonist. Disrespect breeds revenge, which tinted with allegory and... Læs mere
H.P. Lovecraft is a master of horror – and in this compilation of stories the reader gets a chance to meet some of Lovecraft's most memorable characters. In ‘The Alchemist’ we meet... Læs mere
Randolph Carter is not sure what has happened to his closest friend Harley Warren. The two of them decided to visit an old cemetery in a swamp, but something did not go... Læs mere
Ulthar is a city in which it is forbidden to kill cats. But it was not always the case – years ago there was an old cotter and his wife who enjoyed trapping and killing the cats of... Læs mere