A book

(Go here to read the story first, if you prefer not being spoiled!)

A book, by Andreas Skyman

For longer now, than I care to count, most of my creative efforts have been oriented along the lines of creating a book for my brother. The idea was first born from an off-side remark by him, saying that he wanted to see something written by me in print. As I recall, it was said as a compliment for my christmas gift rhymes (one of the few traditions of that holiday that I can say without hesitation that I like), and — flattered — I decided this would make for a suitable birthday present, later christmas gift, later still birthday present, and so on… The book was finally finished in December last year, and though the stories stay with me, I must say that I am glad to finally be able to put the work behind me, as unfinished projects always tend to clog my creative pipes and give me a terribly bad conscience in the progress.

As per usual, I’m going write something about the creative process here; if you prefer reading without any imposed prejudice, I suggest you go here for downloads.

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The idol and the letter

A mysterious idol from western Sweden

I recently found a letter in the extensive esoteric archives here at Eintritt Verboten HQ, describing the mysterious looking figurine you can see here to the right. Its origins remain an enigma, as the writer of the letter didn’t get very far in his research, before he suffered — or so it seems — a nervous breakdown, and had to stop.

The crude idol is of unknown cultural origin. It portrays a creature with wings reminiscent of those of a dragon, and some sort of long appendages where the mouth ought to be. Truly a puzzle!

I’m sorry to say that the letter is only available in Swedish, but there may come a translation at some time in the future. The interested reader can find it available as a pdf here.

I’m releasing both the photo and the letter under the Creative Commons license BY-SA-2.5-SE.

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