The seven lives of Valur – ongoing.
Collection of short stories featuring Valur, a folk character finding themselves in various confusing employments in a dark, cruel Reykjavík. Inspired by breton folklore and Icelandic contemporary context. Speculative fiction.
What if an immigration office and a souvenir shop merged for profit? Between selling puffin figurines and awaiting his own residency decision, Valur watches the enigmatic Ankútl escort applicants away in his creaking van. But the closer he gets to the mysterious ÚTL employee, the more unsettling truths he uncovers.
Et si un bureau d’immigration et une boutique de souvenirs fusionnaient pour faire du profit ? Entre la vente de figurines de macareux et l’attente de sa propre décision concernant son permis de séjour, Valur observe l’énigmatique Ankútl raccompagner les demandeurs dans sa fourgonnette grinçante. Mais plus il se rapproche de ce mystérieux employé d’ÚTL, plus il découvre de vérités troublantes.
Peninganótt, first short text in Icelandic, for Menningarnótt 2024
Toxic Tongue, short text for the Iceland in Other Words zine
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