Deadly Days-Tales of Dark Fantasy

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! Support the Show. Translation by Joe E. Bandel Copyright Joe E. Bandel Joe Bandel Book Store

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 things began to happen. Support the Show. Translation by Joe E. Bandel Copyright Joe E. Bandel Joe Bandel Book Store

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 Store

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 Store

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 some of the animation sequences from Disney's "Beauty and the Beast". Support the Show. Translation by Joe E. Bandel Copyright Joe E. Bandel Joe Bandel Book Store

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 back? What kind of force or magic were they dealing with? Support the Show. Translation by Joe E. Bandel Copyright Joe E. Bandel Joe Bandel Book Store

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 Joe E. Bandel Joe Bandel Book Store

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 Store

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 mute woman who could not talk back! Who couldn't get away from him. But Oberpurzelsheim is an unusual place and unusual things happen there sometimes. Not very often but when they do it really is something to talk about! Support the Show. Translation by Joe E. Bandel Copyright Joe E. Bandel Joe Bandel Book Store

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 Store

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 Store

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

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 Store