Martin Simonson
A mysterious exchange of objects governs the life of the inhabitants of Robledal, a small village nestled in the hills. One day, a local girl discovers something in the village which uncannily mixes reality and fiction, and realizes that the whole plot is run by an apparently immortal female cat. A man stands on the roof of his house every night to watch the stars. His daughter asks if she can go with him to a mountain so he can be closer to them. There, they find something which helps them understand that there are even more important things in life than the night sky.A grumpy old lady taxes the patience of her neighbours. Charlie decides to give her a lesson, but the snow dragon that he builds in front of the old lady’s house comes to life in a completely unexpected way.A river floods the streets of a nearby village. Catalina takes her mother’s kayak to explore the effects of the floods, and the violent power of the rushing water pushes her to a strange place which will decide her future.Three friends go on an expedition to the shore of a fjord. One of them catches three eels, which exert a strange influence on them. Before the expedition is over, the three of them will have changed forever. The tales in The Last Moon and Other Borderland Encounters are set in a liminal reality which prompts the characters to engage in a dialogue with the strange and marvellous powers of the world in which they live, and to redefine who they are.
