Thirteen writers. One theme. Infinite ambition. Stories We Tell returns with its third consecutive anthology in which thirteen Stockholm-based international authors take on the many faces of ambition—its quiet hunger, its sharp edges, its moments of brilliance and of ruin. Clever, darkly funny, and a little unsettling, the anthology explores how ambition shapes us. From overworked employees and fed up farmers to stressed single moms and stalwart students, from bored geniuses and driven children to intergalactic pious priests and petulant princes, from regretful writers to the text itself: the one constant is the character’s inner drive. Just as too much ambition can be a dangerous thing, too little can ruin your life. And sometimes, even with ambition, you need a little luck on your side. That’s just the way the cookie crumbles. Ambition moves us all, but until the story unfolds, you won’t know where it leads you.
