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Christian A. Larsen

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  • The Murky World of Norse Nicks

    In the folklore of Northern Europe, few supernatural beings are as slippery, mysterious, and dangerous as the nick. Known variously as nix, nøkk, or neck,… Read more.

  • The Shadowy World of Norse Pucks

    When we think of mischievous spirits in folklore, the English puck or Irish púca often comes to mind: playful, tricky, sometimes dangerous, sometimes helpful. But… Read more.

  • The Wild World of Norse Trolls

    Few creatures of European folklore are as immediately evocative—or as terrifying—as the troll. Towering, often grotesque, and sometimes cunning, trolls occupy the liminal spaces of… Read more.

On the Michigan shore…

Christian A. Larsen

Speculative fiction (J.R.R. Tolkien, Rod Serling, Stephen King) is my jam, but I also dig literary fiction (John Steinbeck, Harper Lee, F. Scott Fitzgerald).

I write better than I publish. Losing Touch and The Blackening of Flesh are both out of print. :(

The Author

Freshly-Imagined Sightlines in Fantasy, Myth, and Legend

—Enjoy! Or not.

Essays

  • The Murky World of Norse Nicks

    May 31, 2026
  • The Shadowy World of Norse Pucks

    May 24, 2026
  • The Wild World of Norse Trolls

    May 17, 2026

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