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Fables from Germany
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In these pages, hungry children wander into gingerbread houses, golden-haired maidens are locked away in towers, and a poor miller’s daughter must spin straw into gold. From Hansel and Gretel to Rapunzel, from Snow White to Rumpelstiltskin, these tales stand among the most enduring ever told. Their images, poisoned apples, glass coffins, and secret names, have become part of the very language of wonder.
But the journey goes far beyond the familiar. Discover The Bremen Town Musicians with their comic courage, The Six Swans where silence becomes an act of love, and The Goose Girl, whose betrayal and triumph echo with power. Meet the enchanted animals of The Golden Goose and the clever tailor who boasts of “seven at one blow.” Each story is rooted in German soil, full of forests, mountains, and rustic villages where magic always waits.
Here also lie the haunting and lesser-known The Juniper Tree with its chilling vision of death and rebirth, The Devil with the Three Golden Hairs brimming with clever tricks, and The Nixie of the Mill-Pond, where water spirits guard their secrets. Gentle tales like The Star Money shine alongside dark ones like The Robber Bridegroom. Together, they reveal the wide spectrum of imagination gathered by the Brothers Grimm and their contemporaries, creating a treasury of enchantment that continues to inspire across generations.
But the journey goes far beyond the familiar. Discover The Bremen Town Musicians with their comic courage, The Six Swans where silence becomes an act of love, and The Goose Girl, whose betrayal and triumph echo with power. Meet the enchanted animals of The Golden Goose and the clever tailor who boasts of “seven at one blow.” Each story is rooted in German soil, full of forests, mountains, and rustic villages where magic always waits.
Here also lie the haunting and lesser-known The Juniper Tree with its chilling vision of death and rebirth, The Devil with the Three Golden Hairs brimming with clever tricks, and The Nixie of the Mill-Pond, where water spirits guard their secrets. Gentle tales like The Star Money shine alongside dark ones like The Robber Bridegroom. Together, they reveal the wide spectrum of imagination gathered by the Brothers Grimm and their contemporaries, creating a treasury of enchantment that continues to inspire across generations.
338 pages, Kindle Edition
Published September 11, 2025
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Samuel DenHartog
328 books114 followersSamuel DenHartog is a versatile and imaginative author whose works span a wide array of genres, including mythology, fables, fairy tales, fantasy, romance, mystery, science fiction, and children's books. His stories captivate readers of all ages, blending wonder with rich, timeless narratives.
What sets Samuel apart is his ability to breathe new life into ancient tales while preserving their core essence. Whether it's mythology, folklore, or fairy tales from various cultures, by carefully balancing tradition with modern touches, he creates stories that resonate with contemporary audiences, making historical and mythical narratives feel fresh, relevant, and engaging.
Off the page, Samuel is a lifelong learner, constantly expanding his creative horizons and engaging with innovative ideas. His journey is a continual pursuit of knowledge and creativity, bridging the worlds of tradition and imagination.
What sets Samuel apart is his ability to breathe new life into ancient tales while preserving their core essence. Whether it's mythology, folklore, or fairy tales from various cultures, by carefully balancing tradition with modern touches, he creates stories that resonate with contemporary audiences, making historical and mythical narratives feel fresh, relevant, and engaging.
Off the page, Samuel is a lifelong learner, constantly expanding his creative horizons and engaging with innovative ideas. His journey is a continual pursuit of knowledge and creativity, bridging the worlds of tradition and imagination.
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September 13, 2025
Just 10 days earlier, the AI-using self-proclaimed "author" already published most of the same stories in the same order in German Fairy Tales: Fairy Tale Rhymes. At least there they rhymed, which I can admit was a reasonable innovation. It could have been good if the rhymes barely made sense half the time, clumsily shoehorned in with no sense of meaning or beauty or emphasis, just rhyming for the sake of rhyming, which is all you can expect from generative AI wielded by someone without any sense of quality or effective language.
DenHartog appears to have discovered the concept of rhyming at the start of this summer, a summer which has seen an endless stream of lazy rehashed work by AI based on prior AI-generated material he already published. He continued his alphabet-based series of banal stories for children with rhyming alphabet stories that, of course, don't make a lick of sense, but hey they rhyme, so fuck you children that's good enough for you, I guess. He re-used the same story ideas (generated by AI in the first place) and AI-generated pictures from his "Nighty Night [animal] Tales" series, rechurning them into "Nighty Night [animal] Rhymes". He applied his new AI-given sloppy rhyming powers to bible stories, then opted to re-rape classic fairy tales, dividing them by supposed country of origin.
Now, he uses AI to re-copy the same fairy tales he had AI turn into rhymes, not even two weeks later. This time, they contribute nothing to the well-known stories. They're simply meaningless AI rehashes of the basic versions.
Determined slop peddlers need something to keep churning out, I guess, to stay on track with their plan to infect the world of books with these abominations at rate of ten every month until the heat death of the universe.
DenHartog appears to have discovered the concept of rhyming at the start of this summer, a summer which has seen an endless stream of lazy rehashed work by AI based on prior AI-generated material he already published. He continued his alphabet-based series of banal stories for children with rhyming alphabet stories that, of course, don't make a lick of sense, but hey they rhyme, so fuck you children that's good enough for you, I guess. He re-used the same story ideas (generated by AI in the first place) and AI-generated pictures from his "Nighty Night [animal] Tales" series, rechurning them into "Nighty Night [animal] Rhymes". He applied his new AI-given sloppy rhyming powers to bible stories, then opted to re-rape classic fairy tales, dividing them by supposed country of origin.
Now, he uses AI to re-copy the same fairy tales he had AI turn into rhymes, not even two weeks later. This time, they contribute nothing to the well-known stories. They're simply meaningless AI rehashes of the basic versions.
Determined slop peddlers need something to keep churning out, I guess, to stay on track with their plan to infect the world of books with these abominations at rate of ten every month until the heat death of the universe.
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