Cheerful Revolutions in the Fiend Valley Cheerful Revolutions in the Fiend Valley
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Daniel Mróz – drawing from the archives (no. 913/1962)
Fiction

Cheerful Revolutions in the Fiend Valley

A Fairy Tale About Management
Monika Jagówna Kostera
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To make a real change, one needs to do more than run away to the Bieszczady Mountains – or to the Fiend Valley, like in the following fairy tale by management expert Monika Kostera. It takes more than growing organic tomatoes instead of ones sprayed with pesticides. We also have to relearn work management. Leadership is something we do together, just like dancing.

Everyone has heard about the Moominvalley, and to give credit where credit is due, that’s probably thanks to the immortal prose of Moominpappa. But not everyone knows about the Fiend Valley. Apart from the usual lot, such as meadow sprites, pixie-lights, and dziwożonas, those pesky swamp demons, it has become home to a colony of big city fiends. This picturesque spot lies quite a bit down

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The Ghosts of Warmia-Masuria The Ghosts of Warmia-Masuria
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Illustration by Igor Kubik
Experiences

The Ghosts of Warmia-Masuria

Demons and Spirits from Polish-German Folklore
Marcel Kruger

Imagine it is winter, and you are late for an appointment. You wanted to make a shortcut through the old park that had been in the centre of the town since Prussian times, but now it’s getting dark and the paths all seem to be longer and more winding than you expected; there are not enough street lamps to light the falling dusk. In the bare trees around you, crows are sitting, cawing menacingly. You cross the small bridge that leads across the lake in the centre of the park, and suddenly there is movement in the water, strange motions under the surface – too many to be those of fish. You stop and lean over the railing to see what it might be. Then you see two eyes staring back at you.

The Polish province of Warmia-Masuria is a wonderful place, full of pleasant rolling fields and wooded hills, hundreds of deep lakes and rivers, big and small. This is a pleasant holiday destination and extremely popular with summer visitors who flock here for swimming, kayaking and sailing; who can enjoy the amazing food of this mostly agricultural area, namely fresh fish, mushrooms, blueberries and the delicious local beers brewed here.

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