And both approached the stream from different sides and settled down on its banks. Each gazed thoughtfully ahead, not seeing the other. Sophie Tieck, the sister of the more famous brother, the Romantic Friedrich Tieck, has gifted us with her deep and profound fairy tales, which are in many ways ahead of their time. These texts are filled with subversive energy, staging the drama of female identity and playfully engaging with classical Romantic themes in an ironically sovereign manner. Henrik Schrat has opened up a unique imaginative space for these fairy tales. With ink drawings that evoke the impression of shadow silhouettes, he has intertwined the equally bizarre and modern-serial figures, motifs, and actions of Sophie Tieck into a contemporary work of book art, interpreting and expanding upon them. - with an afterword by Ren.