# Short Fiction — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for Short Fiction by Jonas Lie.

- [Short Fiction](https://www.betterreads.dev/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.dev/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.dev/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.dev/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.dev/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

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- [The Earth Draws](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_32_se/chapters/the-earth-draws.md)
- [The Cormorants of Andvaer](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_32_se/chapters/the-cormorants-of-andvaer.md)
- [The Wind-Gnome](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_32_se/chapters/the-wind-gnome.md)
- [The Huldrefish](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_32_se/chapters/the-huldrefish.md)
- [Finn-Blood](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_32_se/chapters/finn-blood.md)
- [The Homestead Westward in the Blue Mountains](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_32_se/chapters/the-homestead-westward-in-the-blue-mountains.md)
- [It's Me](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_32_se/chapters/it-s-me.md)
- [Endnotes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_32_se/chapters/endnotes.md)

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