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Moments

Moments is a work in progress. The idea was to publish a new short story every Friday in 2021, starting on 8 January. This is a large and demanding task, and half a year has gone by succesfully. At…

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Blood and Rain

Blood and Rain

Blood and Rain is Villi Asgeirsson’s second novel. It was published on 3 March 2017 and is available at all major eBook vendors. - Gunnar was a young journalist in Iceland. Covering local news…

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Under the Black Sand

Under the Black Sand is Villi Asgeirsson's debut novel, published in 2013. Pétur lives in the post-banking collapse Iceland where businessmen try to benefit and politicians pretend to be honest. He…

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Undir Svörtum Sandi

Undir Svörtum Sandi

Undir Svörtum Sandi er fyrsta bók höfundar, nú í íslenskri þýðingu. Pétur nýtur sín í heimi peninga og valda þar sem menn í viðskiptum reyna að hagnast og stjórnmálamenn þykjast vera heiðarlegir.…

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The Performer – a short story

25 June 2021 By villia Leave a Comment

The audience was still stomping and clapping, calling his name. It annoyed him slightly. What did they want from him? The same old songs he’d played for years on end? The same banter between the songs? I wrote this one after… blah, blah, blah.

Jónsmessa – smásaga

21 June 2021 By villia Leave a Comment

Sagt er að á Jónsmessu geti kýr talað, álfkonur freisti manna og selir breytist í menn. Jón fór til hvílu, en honum varð lítið um svefn þessa nóttina.

Summer Solstice – a short story

20 June 2021 By villia Leave a Comment

According to Icelandic tradition, on the night of Summer Solstice, cows can speak, seals turn into humans and rolling in the morning dew will bring good fortune.

The House of the Living – a short story

11 June 2021 By villia Leave a Comment

We did not turn on the lights at night, as you probably expect of our sort. Neither did we slam doors or look through the windows from the outside. Never did we rearrange jars in the kitchen or throw furniture around. We are not like that.

Spectre – a short story

4 June 2021 By villia Leave a Comment

Waking up to a thundering headache, it took a while for my eyes to adjust, yet I couldn’t place where I was. Never been here before. Music played somewhere.

Memory Lane

The Rush to Publish

8 October 2019 By villia Leave a Comment

Last night, someone sent me a message saying Under the Black Sand was being discussed in a reader’s group on Facebook. That is pretty cool, so I took a look. She was happy with it and the novel kept her interested and I was thrilled to read that. However… She mentioned having to ignore typos. […]

Everything is Possible

6 September 2012 By villia Leave a Comment

If a book is good, or at least popular, chances are that someone will make a film based on it. But how often does the reverse happen? Under the Black Sand wasn’t meant to be a novel. It started as a short film. I wrote the screenplay in the Netherlands, where I live, but the […]

Berlin – 25 Years of Freedom

9 November 2014 By villia Leave a Comment

Growing up in the shadow of the atomic bomb was an odd experience. I remember sitting in a sand box, playing with a plastic shovel. Possibly eating the black volcanic sand. Another kid said the Russians had more bombs than the Americans. That was scary, because the Russians were the enemy. He said they could […]

State of Things

6 January 2016 By villia Leave a Comment

The blog is quiet on the surface, but don’t be fooled. Here is what’s up. My second novel, Blood and Rain, is as good as complete. A few minor tweaks, then a bit of photography, cover design, trailer and a Twitter storm. The site went offline in September 2015, as my hosting account was shut […]

Inspiration

8 September 2012 By villia Leave a Comment

It’s Saturday morning and I’m sitting in my sunny garden, drinking coffee. Organ music echoes through the neighbourhood and black smoke rises from the old steam mill’s chimney. It’s Open Monuments Day in the village. My five year old loves music. He asks me if I’ll take him to the church. He wants to listen […]

Religion and Society

1 March 2013 By villia Leave a Comment

The writing of Under the Black Sand is in the final stages. Sentences are being polished and paragraphs shortened. Whole scenes are being deleted without mercy, if they drag along or don’t add to the story. Here is one which is still in, but only just. It may very well be cut before the book […]

White Roses – a short story

30 April 2021 By villia Leave a Comment

The gate was open, and she entered the cemetery. New graves, old and overgrown. Names of couples that had insisted on being buried next to each other, children. People she didn’t know and would never get to know. Vera walked up a path towards a grave. Looked at the stone.

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Villi Asgeirsson – Author

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Under the Black Sand Under the Black Sand
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Undir Svörtum Sandi Undir Svörtum Sandi

Blood and Rain Blood and Rain

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