Original Fiction
The Teraura Saga
Paul of Teraura — Book One
A pre-teen boy on the planet Teraura. A stray dog named Chara. An alien invasion closing in. Published September 30, 2026, and now available in five languages: English, German, Ukrainian, Russian, and French (Paul de Teraura).
Titans and Dragons of Zenmly — Book Two of the saga — is in preparation. The saga is also a 47-episode animated series, free to watch on the series site, with extended and patron-only cuts on Patreon.
Blacksmith & Witches Classics
The Classics Line
Public-domain masterworks, never reprinted raw: every volume carries new editorial work by Dima Grossman — an original introduction, notes, and a reading guide — or, in the translated volumes, his own new translation. The first three volumes are on sale now, in ebook and paperback.
Chekhov — Selected Stories (Annotated)
Volume 1. Ten essential stories in Constance Garnett’s classic translations, with an original introduction and a note before every story.
Marcus Aurelius — Meditations (Annotated)
Volume 2. George Long’s 1862 translation, complete in twelve books, with notes and a reading guide for modern readers.
Laozi — Tao Te Ching (Annotated)
Volume 3. A bilingual Chinese–English edition: the traditional Chinese text with James Legge’s 1891 translation on the same page, all 81 chapters.
In translation by the editor: Alexander Pushkin — The Queen of Spades & The Tales of Belkin, a new English translation from the Russian, forthcoming in the Classics line.
Children’s Books
Hugo the Hedgehog
- Hugo the Hedgehog and the Forest Path — on Lulu
- Hugo the Hedgehog and the Race to the Animal Hospital — on Lulu
- Hugo le hérisson et le sentier de la forêt (French edition) — on Lulu
Both books are available on Kobo and Lulu, and the Hugo books now exist in five languages: English, German, Ukrainian, Russian, and French.
About the House
One author, one press
Blacksmith & Witches was founded by Dima Grossman — Canadian-Ukrainian guitarist, songwriter, and author — as the home for everything he makes: the Teraura Saga, the animated series drawn from it, the Classics line he edits and translates, and the Hugo the Hedgehog children’s books. Music comes from the universe and goes back into it; the books are built the same way — by hand, by one person, in a small room in Ottawa.