# Short Fiction — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for Short Fiction by Jonas Lie.

- [Short Fiction](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/short_fiction_32_se/chapters/short-fiction.md): A collection of short stories exploring themes of folklore, human nature, and the supernatural in coastal Norwegian communities.
- [The Grey](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/short_fiction_32_se/chapters/the-grey.md): The chapter introduces the farms of Strömshagen and Evjen, divided by a ravine and a history of land disputes. Gjermund Strömshagen, a poor but proud young man, and Sigrid Evjen, a beautiful and capable woman, have a chi
- [The Fisherman and the Draug](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/short_fiction_32_se/chapters/the-fisherman-and-the-draug.md): Elias, a poor fisherman on Kvalholm, spears a monstrous seal that is later revealed to be a Draug. After buying a mysterious Fembøring built by a boat-master instructed by the Draug, Elias takes his family on a voyage. T
- [Jack of Sjöholm and the Gan-Finn](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/short_fiction_32_se/chapters/jack-of-sj-holm-and-the-gan-finn.md): Jack of Sjöholm, a young fisherman, leads his crew northward in search of fish, only to be caught in a storm that sinks their boat and drowns all but Jack. He washes ashore and is taken in by the Gan-Finn and his grandda
- [Tug of War](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/short_fiction_32_se/chapters/tug-of-war.md): After a storm, a fishing crew attempts to launch a Fembøring but finds it immovable. A man with second sight warns it is too heavy for human strength. A skeptical fourteen-year-old boy throws a stone into the boat, provo
- [The Earth Draws](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/short_fiction_32_se/chapters/the-earth-draws.md): A young salesman discovers a magical ring belonging to the underground folk, which draws him into a series of supernatural encounters with a pale, broad-shouldered woman. Despite his attempts to resist, he is repeatedly 
- [The Cormorants of Andvaer](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/short_fiction_32_se/chapters/the-cormorants-of-andvaer.md): A mysterious girl living on a remote island with her mother guards drying racks and captivates every young fisherman who visits. She demands that her suitors retrieve a specific gold ring from a treacherous island guarde
- [The Wind-Gnome](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/short_fiction_32_se/chapters/the-wind-gnome.md): Bardun, a headstrong skipper from Dyrevig, captures the daughter of the Wind-Gnome while gathering eiderdown from a perilous cliff. She grants him a magical rudder that ensures fair winds for him and ruin for his enemies
- [The Huldrefish](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/short_fiction_32_se/chapters/the-huldrefish.md): Nona catches a strange, eyeless trout in a mountain lake, which is rumored to be a huldrefish from a double-bottomed lake. After eating it, he dreams of a terrifying subterranean journey through a world of eyeless fish, 
- [Finn-Blood](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/short_fiction_32_se/chapters/finn-blood.md): Eilert, a young lad from Svartfjord, is drawn to the neighboring Finn family despite his parents' hostility. He befriends the Finn girl Zilla, learning tales of mermen and draugs. As tensions rise over fishing grounds, E
- [The Homestead Westward in the Blue Mountains](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/short_fiction_32_se/chapters/the-homestead-westward-in-the-blue-mountains.md): A farmer's son, a drummer traveling to Moen for maneuvers, rests in the mountains and is lured by supernatural maidens. He chases one who stole his drumsticks into a homestead where five girls—Randi, Brandi, Gyri, Gunna,
- [It's Me](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/short_fiction_32_se/chapters/it-s-me.md): Toad, a servant at the general dealer's house, gains increasing control over the household and shop through her strength and cunning, but her greed and mismanagement lead to conflict with the fishermen and her mistress.
- [Endnotes](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/short_fiction_32_se/chapters/endnotes.md): This chapter provides explanatory notes on Norwegian terms, cultural references, and folklore elements referenced throughout the book, including definitions of boats, fishing tools, supernatural beings like the Draug, an

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