Fables from French Canada (Fable Anthologies)

By: Samuel DenHartog

Flying canoes race across winter skies, mysterious strangers arrive at village dances, black horses perform impossible feats, and restless spirits return with unfinished business. In these old French-Canadian tales, a lonely road can lead to a haunted house, a flickering light can lure a traveler toward disaster, and an ordinary wedding feast can hide the terrifying secret of a loup-garou. The forests, frozen rivers, farms, churches, and small settlements of French Canada become places where the supernatural always seems close enough to touch.

Other stories turn toward wit, greed, pride, courage, and foolishness. A poor couple receives three wishes and discovers how quickly good fortune can go wrong, an old father teaches his greedy heirs one final lesson, and a traveler learns the value of patience before anger leads him to tragedy. Foxes deceive stronger animals, wolverines reach for power and fame, an owl becomes a judge, and creatures of the Canadian wilderness reveal weaknesses that feel remarkably human.

Fables from French Canada gathers forty stories inspired by nineteenth-century French-Canadian folklore, legends, wonder tales, ghost stories, and animal fables, retold in fresh English for modern readers. Some are eerie, some funny, some strange, and some surprisingly dark, but all carry the atmosphere of a storytelling tradition shaped by long winters, deep woods, the St. Lawrence, isolated communities, religious belief, superstition, and generations of people who loved a good tale told after nightfall.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0HM1YWM9F
• ISBN13: 9798160363189
• Release Date: October 2026
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 340 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 0.8" x 5.5"