Wanneer jou aftreedag jou bekruip, is dit asof alles om jou uitmekaar val, tot jy besef jy kan dit nie keer nie. Dit is asof jy alleen in die woestyn ronddwaal, niemand om jou te help nie, en die jakkalse en aasvoëls wil jou vleis van jou lyf afskeur.

Solank ek met Sy Vrede in my gemoed gaan, weet ek dat ek Louisa se hand sal vashou. God het dit vir my gewys, ons sal vir altyd bymekaar wees, daar waar daar vir ons twee Sy Rus en Vrede sal wees.

This is the third book that forms the trilogy of Many Tales and More Tales.
This is the story of Shakir Mousa, a furniture historian who bought a desk at an auction in which was an old book which he gave to his friend Lucas Sergio, a book historian, and in the middle of the old book was concealed an old pocket watch, which Lucas gave to their mutual friend, Adam Patel, a horologist.
It belonged to a family they didn’t know, a Hapsburg family from the House of Stoepker. Shakir learned from an ancient aunt of the terrible spell which haunted the furniture… was it true and could the spell be broken?

As a care worker I was tasked with looking after many vulnerable people. Some young, some old, most completely forgotten. Each and every one of them had a story to tell and most of their stories were incredibly sad, but beautiful. This book is a collection of thirteen fictional stories inspired by the lives of, and conversations with these people.
Some stories are lived to be told. Some stories are too important to be lost. The characters in these stories are already forgotten. It would be a tragedy to forget their stories too.