Two Short Stories (PDF)

The short story ‘Look at Me’ is about a woman who thinks back on a summer day at the beach with her daughter. The daughter is 6 years old and asks questions about everything between heaven and earth: “Is it true that God can see everything we do?”; “Do you think that God is invisible?”; “Do you think that God has wings?” The mother is tired and absent-minded, but this day will change their lives forever.

The short story ‘Every Little Moment…’ is the story about a woman who knows she is going to die, but the desire for life is stronger than ever. The cancer has taught her to choose every second of her life. “I often lie sleepless at night. It’s there all the time, intense and present. I live on my nerves both day and night. It pushes me into a corner and looks into my eyes: “Now what? What do you want right now, Bitten? What is life for you right now? “Then I sit down in the living room and look at the starry sky. I look at the moon, the clouds and the trees. Sometimes I bathe in the moonlight. The life that I have now, the desire for life, the urge to have more of it. It can sometimes feel so intense. It becomes so present. It becomes so important.”

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Anne-Lene Bleken (b. 1966) comes from Lillehammer in Norway with strong roots in the Western part of the country where her mother’s family come from. She has lived in Aarhus in Denmark since 1989 where she has an MA in English and Media. Bleken published her first novel, Olava, in 2012 and the sequel Anna Veronica in 2020. She is also the author of Tulle, Trulle, Mulle and the Humans, The Mollimi People from Deep Space, The Donkey, Two Short Stories, Wild and Wondrous Stories from the Waterfront, Stories for Sillyheads and Other People, Miss Susie with the Magical Sunglasses, Winnie the White Wolf Who Wandered the World and My Walk with Jesus Christ.

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