Fiction Autumn 2024

East Berlin, January, 1988: The Hauschke family have been bullied and ostracised ever since they submitted their application to leave the GDR. Now they have finally received their exit visa and m...

One day, a trivial event makes Natalie think of her late grandfather Anatole. She wonders: who was this man, who felt so torn between Germany and France? For the first time, she really tries to u...

It all started with a headbutt. It’s summer 2006, and Germany’s dreaming of winning the World Cup. Meanwhile, 14-year-old Vincent gets beaten up, and makes friends with the kids who did it. He sm...

Berlin, the 9th of November 2022. The Russian attack on Ukraine is affecting people’s private lives, as well as the atmosphere generally. Tonight, aspiring artist Fabian Kolb will open his first ...

Franz Hohler would not be who he is, without all the people he has met along the way. "Franz Hohler & Friends" is his collection of very personal portraits of those who have had an undeniable...

Pepsi loves life, and the searing summer heat on her grandfather’s remote farm in Dalmatia. Her parents are working in Germany, and only visit once a year, during the summer holidays. Occasionall...

I felt it all: fear, rage, the irresistible urge to fight. Not with swords and pistols, but with my voice, which I had learnt to use like a sword, and like a heart that never froze during the win...

It’s the 2nd of July 1937, and Amelia Earhart is flying her Lockheed Electra high above the ocean. The shadows of the clouds look like islands. She is about to become the first human to fly aroun...

Ever since her mother’s death, 29-year-old Akiko has led a modest and reclusive life in Tokyo. Her monotonous job as a bookkeeper offers little excitement, and she has no real friends or family. ...

A squirrel that wants to live backwards; a werewolf that wants to be a waswolf; a meat-eating plant that wants to be vegetarian; two vampire-vulture brothers who can’t stand carrion – lots of Zam...