title: The Girl on the Dock: A Dark Fairy Tale
author:  G. Norman Lippert 
description: According to his mother, George Norman Lippert began making stories with his art when he was three years old. As a computer animator and illustrator, George has worked on a wide variety of films and genres, but has always written stories in his spare time for his family and friends. George currently lives in St. Louis, Missouri, with his wife and two children.
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  # the girl on the dock
  
  
  
  
  
  ![9781257207268_0003_001](../images/00001.jpeg)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## _A Petra Morganstern Story Written and Illustrated by_  
  G. Norman Lippert
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  All content copyright © G. Norman Lippert, 2008
  
  
  
  
  
  eISBN: 978-1-25720-726-8
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  # _The Story of the Story_
  
  
  Greetings, dear reader, and welcome to “The Girl on the Dock”. Before you
  begin the tale, I thought it might be rather helpful for me to tell you the
  story of the story.
  
  
  A little over a year ago, I embarked upon a writing project. It was meant to
  be just for fun, for my own enjoyment and that of a few family and friends.
  The project was a cathartic exercise, following the story of a certain well
  known young wizard—not quite as famous as his father (thus forming the nature
  of this young wizard’s primary problem) but famous nonetheless. To my
  surprise, this writing project grew into a full length novel. On a lark, I
  released the novel online. There, ama