Patricia Furstenberg, Author of Historical Fiction, Kids Books
Travel Through Stories
Sumedru’s Sacred Fires mark the beginning of pastoral winter and you can see them dancing in the heart of the night if you travel through the southwest of Romania, namely Oltenia or western Wallachia.
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Discover this October an old spider tale from Romanian folklore that crawled here from an ancient book by Tudor Pamfile, a 19th-century Romanian writer and folklorist.
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The poem Romanian Calusarii or Man Dancing With Horses is a Pantoum marking my debut on Plum Tree Tavern, a literary magazine I have long admired. So I am thrilled!
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Enjoy Under the Sign of the Four Turrets, a 100-word story from Sibiu, similar to the historical tales in my latest book release, Dreamland.
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On the 24th of June, around Midsummer Night, in Romania we celebrate Sanzienele or Dragaica, but also the birth of Saint John the Baptist.
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