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. Bandel Books Online
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076 Josef Prinz had once played Hamlet and there was a terrible accident where he killed the actor playing Laertes. Now he was determined to confront the ghost of his past and play the cherished role once more. But perhaps Laertes has different thoughts? Support the show Translation by Joe E. Bandel Copyright Joe E. Bandel Joe Bandel Book Store…
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075 Carnival in Cadiz by Hanns Heinz Ewers
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074 The Amber Witch by Wilhelm Meinhold. The beautiful girl Maria is unjustly accused of witchcraft and brought to the Question. Will she confess? Support the show Translation by Joe E. Bandel Copyright Joe E. Bandel Joe Bandel Book StoreBy Joe Bandel
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073 The Ring by Leonhard Stein. Erwin is tired of his girl friend and wants to get rid of her. But she is hopelessly devoted to him. That is until he receives a mysterious ring from Veit von Hugel. Support the show Translation by Joe E. Bandel Copyright Joe E. Bandel Joe Bandel Book StoreBy Joe Bandel
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072 The Demon of Death by Georg von der Gablentz
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072 The Demon of Death sends out his mighty vultures. Misery, Hate, Envy and Madness to scourge the earth and rid it of humans. Support the show Translation by Joe E. Bandel Copyright Joe E. Bandel Joe Bandel Book StoreBy Joe Bandel
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071 The Lady in the Scarlet Mask by Paul Busson
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071 The Lady in the Scarlet Mask by Paul Busson. What happens when a ghost visits her great-grandson at a fancy ball? Can he help her? Support the show Translation by Joe E. Bandel Copyright Joe E. Bandel Joe Bandel Book StoreBy Joe Bandel
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070 The Sixth Companion by Karl Hans Strobl
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070 The Sixth Companion by Karl Hans Strobl. Sometimes gluttony can be a sin and sometimes it can save you unless the devil takes a hand in it. Support the show Translation by Joe E. Bandel Copyright Joe E. Bandel Joe Bandel Book StoreBy Joe Bandel
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069 The Water Corpse by Hanns Heinz Ewers
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069 The Water Corpse by Hanns Heinz Ewers. This short story is somewhat autobiographical of Ewers himself and gives some insight into the human condition. Ewers wanted to write poems about the soul of flowers and the only thing his audience wanted was horror! Support the show Translation by Joe E. Bandel Copyright Joe E. Bandel Joe Bandel Book Stor…
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068 The Lie by Leonid Andreyev. Sometimes it is better to tell the truth! Isn't it??? But what if you don't know what the truth is?? This little story hits a bit too close to home for comfort. . . Support the show Translation by Joe E. Bandel Copyright Joe E. Bandel Joe Bandel Book StoreBy Joe Bandel
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067 Cox City by Apaullinarius Waleem. A tale of horror and cannibalism in the frozen Canadian artic. Support the show Translation by Joe E. Bandel Copyright Joe E. Bandel Joe Bandel Book StoreBy Joe Bandel
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066 The Electric Piano by Leonhard Stein. What happens when a classical pianist dies and can't perform his contracted last concert? Support the show Translation by Joe E. Bandel Copyright Joe E. Bandel Joe Bandel Book StoreBy Joe Bandel
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065 Broken People by Georg von der Gablentz
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065 Broken People by Georg von der Gablentz. This is a very powerful story of tragedy and love. It broke me! Support the show Translation by Joe E. Bandel Copyright Joe E. Bandel Joe Bandel Book StoreBy Joe Bandel
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064 One From The Circus by Paul Busson. The tears of a clown take a totally new meaning in this tragicomedy that hits to close to home! Support the show Translation by Joe E. Bandel Copyright Joe E. Bandel Joe Bandel Book StoreBy Joe Bandel
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063 The Bloodletting Man by Karl Hans Strobl
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063 The Bloodletting Man by Karl Hans Strobl. True terror awaits the sisters of the convent. Saint Simon has replaced their normal phlebotomist and things are about to get lively! Support the show Translation by Joe E. Bandel Copyright Joe E. Bandel Joe Bandel Book StoreBy Joe Bandel
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062 From the Journal of an Orange Tree by Hanns Heinz Ewers
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062 From the Journal of an Orange Tree by Hanns Heinz Ewers. Can a person really be transformed into an orange tree? Support the show Translation by Joe E. Bandel Copyright Joe E. Bandel Joe Bandel Book StoreBy Joe Bandel
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061 The Heart Line by Ugo Ojetti. The tale of the fickleness of a woman's heart. Support the show Translation by Joe E. Bandel Copyright Joe E. Bandel Joe Bandel Book StoreBy Joe Bandel
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060 Dios Vienne by Leo Perutz. An excerpt from the novel "The Marquis of Bolibar". Support the show Translation by Joe E. Bandel Copyright Joe E. Bandel Joe Bandel Book StoreBy Joe Bandel
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059 The White Animal by Georg von der Gablentz
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059 The White Animal by Georg von der Gablentz. When Dr. Rudiger is called for a medical emergency he never expected an encounter with the supernatural! Especially an encounter with true terror! Support the show Translation by Joe E. Bandel Copyright Joe E. Bandel Joe Bandel Book StoreBy Joe Bandel
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058 Abdon by Paul Busson. This story is special to me and rather than trying to give a description I will simply say that it has my highest recommendation! Some stories touch your heart and soul in strange and mysterious ways and that is what this story does. Paul Busson is probably my favorite author and this story is one of my favorites. Enjoy! S…
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057 Take Marinescu by Karl Hans Strobl
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067 Take Marinescu by Karl Hans Strobl. Professor Gerngruber and I were going to the most remote parts of Romania. I was going on a hunting trip and Professor Gerngruber was going to study the language and customs of the primitive people that lived in the deep forests. Take Marinescu was our guide and we trusted him completely until some strange th…
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056 How Eleven Chinese Devoured Their Bride
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Warning: Some people may be offended by this humorous story of sodomy and besiality written over a hundred years ago. 056 How Eleven Chinese Devoured Their Bride by Hanns Heinz Ewers. Support the show Translation by Joe E. Bandel Copyright Joe E. Bandel Joe Bandel Book StoreBy Joe Bandel
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055 The Inspired Poet by Fritz Bauer. Think good thoughts, think good thoughts! How far will that get you? Let's find out what happened to the inspired poet. Support the show Translation by Joe E. Bandel Copyright Joe E. Bandel Joe Bandel Book StoreBy Joe Bandel
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054 The Coffee Pot by Theophile Gautier. This is a straightforward well beloved ghost story by the famous French author Theophile Gautier. The guest is invited to sleep in the bedroom of the host's dead sister who had passed away two years previous. Something magickal began to happen during the long hours of the night which reminds me strangely of …
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053 The Case of Lieutenant Infanger by Karl Hans Strobl
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053 The Case of Lieutenant Infanger by Karl Hans Strobl. Lieutenat Infanger and a former associate, Baron Latzmann, are mysteriously abducted. Could this be related to a time several years ago when they had participated in the desecration and destruction of a sacred Buddhist temple? And once they escaped, what was this terrible compulsion to turn b…
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052 The Eleven Thousand Virgins and the Four Holy Three Kings by Hanns Heinz Ewers
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052 The Eleven Thousand Virgins and the Four Holy Three Kings. The main character in this story attempts to educate an American woman on her visit to Cologne for the first time. But she is very strong willed and will only go to certain places. . . also the true secret to making Eau d' Cologne! Support the show Translation by Joe E. Bandel Copyright…
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051 The Curve by Hanns Heinz Ewers. This humorous story depicts two types of study of curves and reminds me of today's modern world. Which type of curves do you study? Support the show Translation by Joe E. Bandel Copyright Joe E. Bandel Joe Bandel Book StoreBy Joe Bandel
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050 The Wonder of Oberpurzelsheim by George Hirschfeld
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050 The Wonder of Oberpurzelsheim by George Hirschfeld. Mr. Leopold Rohricht is the pharmacist of Oberpurzelsheim and a good person. He loves to talk and he is very good at debate. So good that no one likes to be caught in a conversation with him because they are certain to lose. This need to talk incessantly prompted him to marry a beautiful, but …
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049 The Shot in the Witches' Moss by Paul Busson
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049 The Shot in the Witche's Moss by Paul Busson. Something happened in the Witche's Moss many years ago, something bad. And ever since then it has been haunted and become an evil place. It's a bad place to be lost, especially on one particular day. . . Support the show Translation by Joe E. Bandel Copyright Joe E. Bandel Joe Bandel Book Store…
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048 The Hounds of Romanov by Bodo Wildberg
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048 The Hounds of Romanov by Bodo Wildberg. Heta Romanov thought she was safe in the deep woods near home until a mad shepherd said that he would be the next King of Poland and she would be his queen! His hounds would come and bring her to him! Support the show Translation by Joe E. Bandel Copyright Joe E. Bandel Joe Bandel Book Store…
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047 Rebellion in Nirvana by K. Roellinghof
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047 Rebellion in Nirvana by K. Roellinghof is pure satire and we don't see much of that in today's world. This is about a rebellion in heaven and is as appropriate for today's world as it was a hundred years ago! Support the show Translation by Joe E. Bandel Copyright Joe E. Bandel Joe Bandel Book Store…
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046 Poem by Ernst Hardt. Lisa is sick but her brother Erwin loves her very much and writes a poem for her to make her feel better. This beautiful little story is from Simplicissimus Vol 1, No. 2 which is available for free at my patreon page. Support the show Translation by Joe E. Bandel Copyright Joe E. Bandel Joe Bandel Book Store…
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045 Vampyre by Leonhard Stein. Samassa was a highly successful gentleman that was on his way to the top and soon to be married to his sweetheart Klara. But the new employee at his workplace was a vampyre and had other ideas. Support the show Translation by Joe E. Bandel Copyright Joe E. Bandel Joe Bandel Book Store…
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044 Edgar Allan Poe by Hanns Heinz Ewers
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044 Edgar Allan Poe by Hanns Heinz Ewers. This beautiful essay is a tribute to Edgar Allan Poe and is one of the most beautiful things I have ever read. Edgar Allan Poe was Hanns Heinz Ewers favorite author and a very strong influence on him. Support the show Translation by Joe E. Bandel Copyright Joe E. Bandel Joe Bandel Book Store…
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043 Vengence by Josip Schlegel, Zagreb is a Serbian cautionary tale about life in Albania. As such it tells a tale all too familiar around the world. It is stories like this that show us how much humanity has not changed over the centuries. Support the show Translation by Joe E. Bandel Copyright Joe E. Bandel Joe Bandel Book Store…
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042 The Harvest by A. M. Frey is a tale about the horrors of war and while talking about World War I it is just as powerful today! Support the show Translation by Joe E. Bandel Copyright Joe E. Bandel Joe Bandel Book StoreBy Joe Bandel
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041 Familiar Moves by Karl Hans Strobl. Sometimes life calls out to death so strongly that they come face to face. Herbert Ostermann was devastated by the death of his love, Bettina. Support the show Translation by Joe E. Bandel Copyright Joe E. Bandel Joe Bandel Book StoreBy Joe Bandel
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040 The Button Collection by Hanns Heinz Ewers
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040 The Button Collection by Hanns Heinz Ewers. Mia Bienavant has a secret and no one knows it but me. Her housemaid told me under strictest confidence. But she's not the only one. I've known many others as well. What about you? Support the show Translation by Joe E. Bandel Copyright Joe E. Bandel Joe Bandel Book Store…
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039 We Were Five by Otto Soyka. Ira wanted her husband dead and thought she knew how to get it done. But her husband knew her better than she thought! Or was it simply fate? Support the show Translation by Joe E. Bandel Copyright Joe E. Bandel Joe Bandel Book StoreBy Joe Bandel
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038 The Brain by Max Meixner. What does it take to drive someone insane? For Dr. Baumann it was the unfortunate death of his wife and unborn child. Support the show Translation by Joe E. Bandel Copyright Joe E. Bandel Joe Bandel Book StoreBy Joe Bandel
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037 The Repulsion of the Will by Karl Hans Strobl
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037 The Repulsion of the Will by Karl Hans Strobl. This interesting short story is about what happens when we confront things that we simply refuse to believe as real. In our modern world we call this cognitive dissonance but this story was written over a hundred years ago! Support the show Translation by Joe E. Bandel Copyright Joe E. Bandel Joe B…
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036 Sibylla Madrusso by Hanns Heinz Ewers
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036 Sybilla Madrusso by Hanns Heinz Ewers. This is the horrific story of a prank gone wrong! This is taken from the novel "The Sorcerer's Apprentice". Support the show Translation by Joe E. Bandel Copyright Joe E. Bandel Joe Bandel Book StoreBy Joe Bandel
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035 Extraordinary Women Part 3 from Kokain magazine
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035 This is the 3rd portion of a diary entry that caused severe legal problems for the literary magazine Kokain when it first came out. It was confiscated and the authors and publishers prosecuted for public immorality. Support the show Translation by Joe E. Bandel Copyright Joe E. Bandel Joe Bandel Book Store…
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034 The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe
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034 The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe is truly horrifying! American horror writer Edgar Allan Poe invented the short story. This is a classic story from the 3rd issue of Der Orchideengarten. Support the show Translation by Joe E. Bandel Copyright Joe E. Bandel Joe Bandel Book StoreBy Joe Bandel
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033 My Adventure With Jonas Barg by Karl Hans Strobl
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033 My Adventure With Jonas Barg by Karl Hans Strobl. The Undaunted Club was not afraid of anything and lived life to the fullest. But Jonas Barg hated life and he promised them all a great adventure. . . Support the show Translation by Joe E. Bandel Copyright Joe E. Bandel Joe Bandel Book StoreBy Joe Bandel
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032 The Blue Indians by Hanns Heinz Ewers
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032 The Blue Indians by Hanns Heinz Ewers. The Blue Indians of Mexico have strange memories and some of them can remember things that happened to their parents before they were even born! Support the show Translation by Joe E. Bandel Copyright Joe E. Bandel Joe Bandel Book StoreBy Joe Bandel
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031 Extraordinary Women Part 2 Kokain Magazine
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031 Extraordinary Women Part 2 from 2nd issue of Kokain Magazine published in 1925 only had four issues before it was cancelled due to legal issues and other complaints. This installment of diary episodes was part of the reason for its prosecution. Support the show Translation by Joe E. Bandel Copyright Joe E. Bandel Joe Bandel Book Store…
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030 The Phantom Coach by Amelia Ewards is an old fashioned ghost story on the moors. Support the show Translation by Joe E. Bandel Copyright Joe E. Bandel Joe Bandel Book StoreBy Joe Bandel
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029 The Witch Finder by Karl Hans Strobl. The local Inquisition gets a surprise visit from Satan himself. Support the show Translation by Joe E. Bandel Copyright Joe E. Bandel Joe Bandel Book StoreBy Joe Bandel
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028 My Mother the Witch by Hanns Heinz Ewers
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028 My Mother the Witch was written as a tribute to his mother! I often wonder how much was based upon truth and how much was fiction. Hanns Heinz Ewers was devoted to his mother and she was a very strong personality in her own right. Support the show Translation by Joe E. Bandel Copyright Joe E. Bandel Joe Bandel Book Store…
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027 Extraordinary Women Part 1 Kokain magazine 1925 Issue 1 There were only five issues of Kokain magazine before it was cancelled. One of the reasons it was cancelled was this anonymous collection of letters and diary entries by a woman of high social standing that almost reads like a spy story. So this was published as a serial for three issues u…
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