Enjoy Pure at Heart, a short story weaving history and folklore, eerie and magic, out today on Spillwords Press.
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November Stories, Brumar, the Frosty Month
Let’s celebrate with stories this month of November, nicknamed Brumar in Romanian, the Frosty Month. I think it’s often overlooked in our anticipation of Saint Nicholas and the rush for evergreen trees and towards Christmas, the hope of another New Year.
There are a few stories I’d like to share with you this November.
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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.
Continue reading “Sumedru’s Sacred Fires, the Beginning of Pastoral Winter”An Old Spider Tale from Romanian Folklore
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.
Continue reading “An Old Spider Tale from Romanian Folklore”Romanian Calusarii or Man Dancing With Horses, a Pantoum
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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