Ten Worldly Tales

About the Book

The locales within this diverse and eclectic volume reach from rural Oklahoma and sophisticated Manhattan neighborhoods to Southeast Asia and wartime Europe. If there is a common thread running through the collection of short stories, it is the unexpected turns of events made credible through graphic imagery. Carlsen does not have a “message”; his goal is simply to spin yarns, which, he hopes, will entertain his readers.

About the Author

Erik “Kriger” Carlsen is the pen name of an American writer who lived for many years in Europe and Southeast Asia. Following two years in the Navy during World War II, he earned a degree from the University of Chicago, where he married fellow student Barbara Evans. They moved to Denmark where he pursued graduate Nordic studies at the University of Copenhagen. Barbara died in 2010 after 61 years of a marriage filled with studying, raising a family, and traveling throughout the world.