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Reviewed by Asher Syed for Readers' Favorite
Kjell-Vidar Åhman Teig's 3 Stones for the Nixie: Stories of Life and Death in Øyerstad follows Robert and the Baastad family across key moments in his life, shaped by trauma, loss, and supernatural encounters. In The Manure Pit, a troubled home life and peer pressure lead Robert to participate in a cruel prank, culminating in a symbolic fall that forces him to confront guilt and identity. In the titular story, 3 Stones for the Nixie, a childhood act at a cursed pond traps Robert and his brothers in a haunting cycle of decay and delusion, with a horrific tragedy and a transformation into a victim of the mythic Nixie. This is My Life is told by an older, terminally ill Robert, remembering formative experiences, relationships, and loss. As he nears the end, his consciousness drifts through memories, merging with death’s final passage.
Kjell-Vidar Åhman Teig's 3 Stones for the Nixie by Kjell-Vidar Åhman Teig provides a totally haunting and fantastically textured, atmospheric collection that takes readers into the small Nordic municipality of Øyerstad. These stories are all primarily told through the first-person point of view of Robert Baastad, which allows us to see into the mind and through the eyes of our narrator. Still, the way he shares raised some serious questions in my own mind on his reliability, which readers will have to try to work out on their own. I love the cinematic, eerie details and how each member of the family is impacted. Robert's perspective anchors the collection, but my favorite is The Crow’s Cliff, uniquely beginning with Robert's mother, Marianne. Her battle with the manipulative force of “Esther” feeds beautifully into a true reckoning of maternal, generational trauma, and it is spectacular. Teig’s ability to mix folklore with horror and humanity is the stuff of legends, and I'd give it a whole bucket of stars if I could.
