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“Women don’t ask questions. Let alone clever ones.” Robyn lives in a world where proper girls are raised by men. She, who grew up with only her grandmother, has to go out of her way to meet the requirements of being a fertile wife. It’s the greatest honor Robyn could have dreamed of that Hunter Wolfmounter, the handsome and brave Captain of their village’s guardsmen, wants her of all women to become his wife. One day, Robyn is bitten by a white wolf deep down in the dark woods. The encounter with that alleged beast changes her way of looking at the world she lives in and her part in it. As Robyn starts to doubt the courage of her betrothed, Hunter fears for his reputation among the guardsmen of his Red Riders and sends her fleeing into the woods. There she meets the mysterious Gwen, who shows her that a woman is not dependent on the goodwill of a man. Robyn starts to change—into one of the independent beasts she has always been warned about. Chased by the Red Riders and her betrothed, Robyn tries to free herself from the last chains of her oppression. Length: approx. 62,000 words Themes: fairytale adaptation · Gender · humor · lesbian · Red Riding Hood · Satire · Shapeshifter
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Nino was born 1988 in the far north of Germany, whence she went out into the world to study literature. In Rhineland-Palatinate, she earned a master’s degree in Comparative Studies and now works, like every good arts scholar should once in his life, as a specialist for envelopes, staplers, and double-paged printed papers. Nino doesn’t like to be limited. On the contrary: She writes whatever catches her interest. She likes word games, dark stories, and biting humor. She sympathizes mostly with the underdog instead of the shining hero.
