Bibliotek i Västmanland

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" 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 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 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 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 ...

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 ...

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 oli kuuluisa italialainen aatelisnainen, joka eli 1400-luvun ja 1500-luvun vaihteessa. Borgiaan liittyy monia myyttejä. Häntä pidetään todellisena femme fatalena – ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Röda ögon i natten. Äter hästar kött? Marre reser från Stockholm till sin nya vän Malin på landet, men träffen tar en helt annan vändning än vad de båda förutsett. Marre blir vittn ...

Yksityisetsivä Allan Vaara on varma, ettei iäkkään Irja Laineen kuolema ollut luonnollinen. Vaara saa selville, että Laine on ollut kiinnostunut niin parapsykologiasta kuin henkipa ...

Välkommen till Shuzia! En stad av spel, masker och möjligheter. När Rita Karzin, även känd som Kvinnan med tusen ansikten, får i uppdrag att lönnmörda rikets tyranniske kung inser ...

Is möter eld i en bitterljuv saga om skuld och oväntad kärlek. Vilse i den mörka vinterskogen är Eldar och hans lillasyster utlämnade åt kyla och rovdjur. När den oväntade räddning ...

Dystopisk romantik om att våga älska, både sig själv och andra. I den virtuella världen Mediora kan Johan vara sig själv. Han är inte Moa längre. Istället är han den person på utsi ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

One day the Lord travelled in disguise wanting to test who will welcome him in his home. He knocked first on a rich man’s door but he was impolite and rude and sent the Lord away. ...

A soldier is not properly paid for his service to the country so he decides to take his revenge on the king. He however realizes that it would be almost impossible to succeed by hi ...

The queen’s wish before she died was that the king would marry a woman as beautiful as her and with hair as golden as hers. The king did everything he could to keep the promise he ...

There was once an old king. His last wish was to keep his son away from the picture of the princess of the Golden Dwelling. You may wonder why? Well by seeing the picture the young ...