Nothing could have prepared the twenty-nine-year-old clerk Jens Feddersen for what he saw on that Friday night in December of 2015 in his always tidy two-room apartment. When he entered his apartment after a hard day at work, to his chagrin, he found that the light was broken. Jens was not […]
The stone people
Once upon a time long ago, the earth was just a lava-bubbling planet covered with volcanic rock, with no forests, no lakes, no seas and no mountains. But one day someone unrecognized, tired of the desolate sight, decided to create the Stone People. Bored by the eternal melting and solidification of the […]
The widow’s ring
Although her husband passed away seven years ago, Margret continued to wear her wedding ring. “With Ring you are safer as a woman, especially when traveling.” Therefore, Margret’s daughter Heike was extremely astonished when, like every week, she stopped by her mother’s house and discovered that the wedding ring was […]
Leonie
When Leonie was three years old, her parents died in a car accident. Leonie, her only child, was picked up by her 45-year-old aunt Gerda, her father’s unmarried sister. There were no other relatives. Aunt Gerda was strict, but also affectionate, and since Leonie could no longer remember her parents […]