Master storyteller Viktor Wynd is back with a gloriously grim collection of wickedly
entertaining tales from around the world guaranteed to tickle the darker side of the
imagination. Viktor Wynd has always gravitated towards the weirder corners of folklore. On
his extensive travels he has amassed a trove of stories that refuse to play nice - filled with
risque twists grotesque details and endings that are surprisingly happy though not always in
the way one might expect. Having entertained audiences around the world with these tales he
has now written down some of his favorites in a book as beautifully produced as it is macarbre.
The stories were collected in Wales Ireland Arabia Germany Norway Papua New Guinea and
Borneo and include the adventures of a one-eyed troll the feckless Paddy O'Dwyer a
changeling child a girl who thinks she can outwit a witch the doomed Sinbad the Traveler
shapeshifters and a baby-eating pig. Each chapter begins with Wynd's personal account of how
he came to learn these stories. Arresting and intricate illustrations by Transylvanian artist
Luciana Nedelea perfectly balance the charming and grotesque. The book also includes a guide to
the art of learning and recounting fairy tales. With foil accents and stenciled edges this
volume feels like a forbidden artifact plucked from a dusty cabinet of curiosities.
