Posted in Uncategorized on February 2, 2025| Leave a Comment »
Der Orchideengarten Vol. 2 No. 2
Der Orchideengarten Vol. 2, No. 2 contains the stories ‘Lifeless Things’ by A. De Nora; ‘Saul and the Witch of Endor’ from the Bible; ‘Night’ by Max Hayeck; ‘From the Strange Life Story of His Majesty Abraham Tonelli’ by Ludwig Tieck; and ‘The Black City’ by Johannes Thummerer. Contains the original artwork and cover art. First English translation by Joe E. Bandel. Layout by John Hirschhorn-Smith.
Posted in Uncategorized on January 20, 2025| Leave a Comment »
Der Orchideengarten Vol. 2 No. 1
Der Orchideengarten Vol. 2 No. 1 begins the 2nd year of the worlds first illustrated fantasy magazine published in 1919 in Germany by Karl Hans Strobl. This issue contains the stories and poems: The Anniversary, Viktor Dyk; The Faithful Wives, Klabund; The Ash Urn, Wilhelm Nhil; Fear Dream, Oskar Maria Graf; Agnes Maria, Georg P.M. Roose; Journey into the Brain, Hellmuth Unger. Translations by Joe E. Bandel. Layout and design by John Hirschhorn-Smith. This is the first time these stories have been translated into English.
Posted in Uncategorized on April 10, 2024| Leave a Comment »
In this stunning conclusion to the massive Eleagabal Kuperus story we learn more about the fates of Adalbert Semilasso, Regina his love, Nella, his sister, Elisabeth Bezug, daughter of Thomas Bezug and of course Thomas Bezug himself. Does Eleagabal Kuperus really hold the secret of life and death?
In this conclusion we meet even more interesting people and share triumphs and tragedies in an action paced finale that is almost impossible to put down! An emotionally gripping conclusion!
This classic story is translated into the English language for the first time by Joe E. Bandel.
Posted in Uncategorized on April 10, 2024| Leave a Comment »
In this book we meet several unforgettable characters. Adalbert Semilasso , a young poet, makes a devil’s pact with the great Industrialist Thomas Bezug who has a hobby of collecting people. Unknown to Adalbert, Bezug has also captured his sister Nella as his unwilling mistress. Adalbert falls in love with the Tower Keeper’s daughter Regina, but Bezug’s twisted daughter Elizabeth has her hooks in Adalbert and won’t let him go. In the meantime Thomas Bezug has a plan to take control of the entire world and only the elusive magician Eleagabal Kuperus can stop him and save Adalbert from ruin. This book is translated into the English language for the first time by Joe E. Bandel.
Posted in Uncategorized on April 8, 2024| Leave a Comment »
Doctor Robert Wendlow is called upon to help the Baron von Schwartzenfeld and his beautiful Frau Wera. Wera is suffering from a mysterious ailment that is robbing her of her health and vitality. She is having dark dangerous dreams that seem to involve the life of her grandmother and the mysterious Professor Choriander – who is much more than he seems. This fast paced occult thriller really shows off the writing skills of the forgotten German author Georg von der Gabelentz. Now translated for the first time into the English language by Joe E. Bandel.
Posted in Uncategorized on March 21, 2024| Leave a Comment »
Who is the witch of Sanlúcar and what is her story! That is what a stranger wants to know after he encounters a strange old woman on the street. What he finds out is deeply troubling to him and to the reader of this classic tale.
I deliberately went searching for any stories by Hanns Krüger-Welf after translating his biography on Hanns Heinz Ewers. This is all that I found, but I’m glad I did. This story is very special in many ways!
To publish this story as a small hard cover book is the closest that I can come to offering something special and worth collecting. I don’t do it very often. But I felt it was worth it! Enjoy!
Posted in Uncategorized on March 19, 2024| Leave a Comment »
This powerful and moving biography of Hanns Heinz Ewers was published in 1922 while he was still alive and presumably with his consent and blessing. It is written by someone who knows him well and is able to tell us more about the author than simple names, dates and places.
This beautiful book fully complements another book called the Hanns Heinz Ewers Brevier and gives additional insight into what this author was really like. Translated into the English for the first time by Joe E. Bandel. Now Available as a hardcover, paperback and Epub.
Posted in Uncategorized on March 12, 2024| Leave a Comment »
Jugend and Simplicissimus were two of the most popular literary and art periodicals of their time and were highly competitive with each other. So I have been highly curious to compare the two. So far my favorite has been Simplicissimus but I want to give Jugend some time and see if it will grow on me as well. This issue kind of gets off on the wrong foot by singing the praises of Bismark and the War of 1870 of which I really have no interest. Stories include:
Master of All Arts by F.v.O.; The War of 1870 by Tanera; Farewell and Gone by Albert Matthael; Spring Wind by Lisbeth Lindemann; Dusk on the Lake by Hermann von Lingg; Before and After; After and Before by Paul Heyse; The Never-Embarrassed by Georg Botticher; The Brain of Our Dear Sisters by Georg Hirth (which is satire) This issue is free to download as an Epub or PDF file.
Posted in Uncategorized on March 11, 2024| Leave a Comment »
This beautiful issue really touches the heart in so many ways! It is my favorite so far and I only wish that others could experience the magic that is in these stories! In this isssue: Ruth by Jakob Wassermann; Round Table by Arthur Holitscher; In the Castle of Mirabel by Otto Julius Bierbaum; The Over-Excited Person by Arthur Schnitzler; Prayer by Korsiz Holm; The Poor Girl by Frank Wedekind; Rival by Marcel Prüévost. This issue is free to download as Epub and PDF on my Patreon page. I encourage people to read these first issues and fall in love with them as I have and consider becoming patrons!
Posted in Uncategorized on March 2, 2024| Leave a Comment »
Leonhard Stein is one of Germany’s forgotten writers who disappeared shortly after World War I. His work has been compared to that of Hanns Heinz Ewers and Karl Hans Strobl and I am inclined to agree. He published three slim volumes: “The Ballet of Death”; “The Flute Player”; and “The Fire Lily”. In addition I”ve included a story from Vol 1, No. 6 of Der Orchideengarten.
The stories included in this collection are: The Electric Piano; Vampyre; The Ring; Hashish; Jaschke; The Mirror; Scherman; The Coat; Li; The Five Branched Candelabra; The Flute Player and The Fire Lily. These stories have been translated into English for the first time by Joe E. Bandel. This book is available as hardcover, paperback and epub.
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