InThe Short Story ReviewbyNanni Harbordt·Sep 27what happens when healing becomes a form of domination?mesmerism, suggestion, and control over the human psyche in E.T.A. Hoffmann’s “The Magnetizer”A response icon4A response icon4
InThe Short Story ReviewbyNanni Harbordt·Sep 23does the reader ever receive reliable information?ambiguity in E.T.A. Hoffmann’s “The Sandman”A response icon4A response icon4
Abilash Chandran·Sep 3The Artist’s Dilemma Under Totalitarian PowerDaniel Kehlmann’s novel The Director tells the story of Pabst, a great filmmaker who made films in Nazi Germany during the Second World…
InThriller ReviewsbySilvia Della Maestra·Dec 9, 2025A Tale of Two Nightmares: Comparing Mimik and Walk Me Home by Sebastian FitzekTwo of Sebastian Fitzek’s most unsettling thrillers, Mimik and Walk Me Home, explore fear from opposite psychological angles — one…
Kontakt Edinarium·Sep 22, 2025The Accounting of ForgettingWhere memories aren’t fading but being accounted for, a fairy tale begins — one that refuses to be deleted. Between ledgers of silence and…
InThe Short Story ReviewbyVoce Narrante·May 17, 2025Complexity in the Age of Reduction. Heinrich von Kleist’s Enduring LegacyHeinrich von Kleist was a contradictory writer in everything he wrote and did throughout his tragically brief life. Born into a family of…
tom_ghostly·Apr 15, 2025Tom Ghostly’s list of odd German-language literature, entries 31–40ATTENTION: this possibly is an outdated article. i migrated my content to substack. please go over to my substack page to read the newest…A response icon1A response icon1
