Dark Fantasy Stories translated and read by Joe Bandel. Newly translated stories by German authors like Hanns Heinz Ewers, Karl Hans Strobl, Leonhard Stein and many others. Each week will feature a different short story. These stories span the time period of German decadence (1890s-1920s). They include horror, Sci-Fi and dark fantasy in general. All stories copyright Joe E. Bandel. Joe Bandel Book Store
025 The Manuscript of Juan Serrano. This story tells the tale of Juan Serrano, after being abandoned on an island of savages and his escape from certain death by Theresa, a native girl who fell in love with him. It also tells of what happened to an ancient city of gold where they found sanctuary.Support the showTranslation by Joe E. BandelCopyright Joe E. BandelJoe Bandel Book Store
024 The Anthroovaropartus by Hanns Heinz Ewers. Over a hundred years ago author Hanns Heinz Ewers predicted many aspects of our current society and this humorous story tells how women of the future will learn to lay eggs like chickens and raise babies in nurseries where they can be picked up after the first two years of life. Of course only the best women would be allowed to lay eggs and so our social problems would be solved. . .Support the showTranslation by Joe E. BandelCopyright Joe E. BandelJoe Bandel Book Store
023 Love by Fritz Bauer. What is love? This story hurts in its depiction of Mary who is caught in a love triangle and the inevitable consequences of living a hidden life. It is also all to familiar and uncomfortable!Support the showTranslation by Joe E. BandelCopyright Joe E. BandelJoe Bandel Book Store
Episode 022 The Deadly Supper by Karl and Joseph Kapek is a cautionary tale. What you speak of you attract! What happens when Death is a dinner guest?Support the showTranslation by Joe E. BandelCopyright Joe E. BandelJoe Bandel Book Store
Episode 021 The Bogomil Stone by Karl Hans Strobl. Who were the mysterious Bogomils? Are their spirits still around?Support the showTranslation by Joe E. BandelCopyright Joe E. BandelJoe Bandel Book Store
020 The Death of Jesus Maria von Friedel is a truly terrifying story of a male soul and female soul stuck inside the same physical body and at war with each other! There can only be one winner is this deadly battle. . . Who will it be?Support the showTranslation by Joe E. BandelCopyright Joe E. BandelJoe Bandel Book Store
019 The Savior From The Gallows by Karl Hans Strobl. Don Alonso de Vargas loved the beautiful Donna Mercedes but there was a problem. Donna Mercedes was the wife of Don Jose Inaquez and he didn't like to share. . . He was bound to find out and when he did all hell would break loose. . . What does this have to do with the three hanged men on the local gallows?Support the showTranslation by Joe E. BandelCopyright Joe E. BandelJoe Bandel Book Store
018 The Hasty Corpse by Wilhelm Nhil. Foster & Foster is a respected and trusted funeral home company. But when things begin to go wrong at a wake things get a bit more lively than anyone wants! Especially when the corpse won't stay dead!Support the showTranslation by Joe E. BandelCopyright Joe E. BandelJoe Bandel Book Store
017 At a Crossroads by Karl Hans Strobl. Is it fantasy, a bad dream or real? The giantesses decide to visit a small farming community and leave their mark, or do they? This is quite short but the horror is real!Support the showTranslation by Joe E. BandelCopyright Joe E. BandelJoe Bandel Book Store
016 The Crucified Clown by Hanns Heinz Ewers. The Pierrot or clown is highly symbolic and we hear of the tears of a clown. . . This is the story of a clown that goes up high on the cliffs of Capri for his last communion with the sun. It's the only story that I know of by Hanns Heinz Ewers that speaks of suicide.Support the showTranslation by Joe E. BandelCopyright Joe E. BandelJoe Bandel Book Store