{"id":6781,"date":"2019-06-08T14:46:49","date_gmt":"2019-06-08T14:46:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/havecoffeeneedbooks.com\/?p=6781"},"modified":"2019-06-08T14:48:48","modified_gmt":"2019-06-08T14:48:48","slug":"word-slinger-project-bjorn-larssen-releases-storytellers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/havecoffeeneedbooks.com\/index.php\/2019\/06\/08\/word-slinger-project-bjorn-larssen-releases-storytellers\/","title":{"rendered":"Word Slinger Project: Bj\u00f8rn Larssen Releases Storytellers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Indie Author Bj\u00f8rn Larssen has released his first novel Storytellers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Storytellers is a unique Nordic Historical Fiction with a splash of suspense set in 1920 Iceland. Hermit, blacksmith Gunnar can’t imagine being known for much at all when he finds himself embroiled in a tale spun by a suspicious wealthy stranger. Soon he finds himself the center of more attention than he could ever conceive; storytellers are everywhere. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Readers should be excited to delve into the historic Nordic cultural traditions in this novel; and the idea of a storytelling as a craft should excite anyone who enjoys a good narrative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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\"\"<\/a>\"\"Some say the past cannot be changed. Those people aren\u2019t storytellers.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThere is a story you might enjoy. It\u2019s a good one… I think.\u201d
\u201cDo people die in it?\u201d
\u201cYes, they do.\u201d
\u201cFire? Women? Drinking? Fights?\u201d \u201cPlenty of everything.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

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In March 1920 Icelandic days are short and cold, but the nights are long. For most, on those nights, funny, sad, and dramaticstories are told around the fire. But there is nothing dramaticabout Gunnar, a hermit blacksmith who barely manages<\/p>\n

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to make ends meet. He knows nobody will remember his existence \u2013 they already don\u2019t. All he wants is peace, the company of his animals, and a steady supply of his medication. Sometimes he wonders what it would feel liketo have a story of his own. He\u2019s about to find out.<\/p>\n

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Sigurd \u2013 a man with a plan, a broken ankle, and shocking amounts of money \u2013 won\u2019t talk about himself, but is happy
to tell a story that just might get Gunnar killed. The blacksmith\u2019s other \u201cfriends\u201d are just as eager to write him into stories
of their own \u2013 from Brynhildur who wants to fix Gunnar, thenmarry him, his doctor who is on the precipice of calling for
an intervention, The Conservative Women of Iceland who want to rehabilitate Gunnar\u2019s \u201cheathen ways\u201d \u2013 even
the wretched elf <\/em>has plans for the blacksmith.<\/p>\n

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As his defenses begin to crumble, Gunnar decides that perhaps his life is due for a change \u2013 on his own terms. But can he avoidthe endings others have in mind for him, and forge his own?<\/p>\n

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Bj\u00f8rn Larssen is an ex-blacksmith who has written stories and essays for many Polish and American publications including: Rita Baum Art Magazine, Writer Unboxed, Inaczej Magazine, Edurada.pl, Homiki.pl, and Holandia Expat Magazine. Read more about Bj\u00f8rn Larssen with the Storytellers<\/a> media kit or visit his website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Indie Author Bj\u00f8rn Larssen has released his first novel Storytellers. Storytellers is a unique Nordic Historical Fiction with a splash of suspense set in 1920 Iceland. Hermit, blacksmith Gunnar can’t imagine being known for much at all when he finds himself embroiled in a tale spun by a suspicious wealthy stranger. 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