Texts
Short prose and published work
A selection of shorter pieces: published works, standalone short prose, and scenes from larger projects.
Some pieces stand on their own. Others are fragments of larger narrative worlds. What they share is the attempt to bring characters to the point where an inner system becomes visible.
Selection
Stories (translated from the German)
On the Couch with God
Frank isn’t in mourning. Frank is settling a score. Anyone who lets himself be called almighty should answer for the whole of it.
Excess In Proportion
We think of our morals as stable. Most of the time, we’ve simply been lucky enough never to be tested. Tina’s luck just ran out.
Project AEGIS
Promises made for future generations rarely give the generations that follow a say in the matter. Sometimes, though, they hand back exactly the same words. Published in Die Zukunft unserer Gesellschaft.
To the Voice in My Head
Some voices save us. And later become the very thing they once saved us from. Published in Mach’s gut.
Not Quite a Hero
Hero isn’t a character trait — it’s a label. From ten meters away, Harvey would clearly be one. In this text, we stand closer.
Stillness Is Not Innocence
A lesson a twelve-year-old draws from a weakness that isn’t his. What remains isn’t anger. What remains is a vow.
What Still Remains
The dead don’t object. Some build a very quiet form of permission out of that.
When Nothing Is Left…
Sometimes anger is the simpler version of another feeling. She’s been gone three days, and he’s on his way to her.
Away To Home
Heimat is where the body lies. Home is where it wants to be. Every night, he tries to walk the distance between them on foot.
