FIRESIDE READINGS |
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Being invited to the Fireside Readings is a way of entering a writer's alchemical laboratory - witness stories that are in the making or being read for the very first time ever.
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Reviving an ancient tradition,
I would like to invite you to my fireplace and tell a story. A story that has never been told before... Fireside Readings are literary events that bring you some of my original short stories and book chapters for the very first time.
They are free for you to enjoy but you must register here to receive an invitation and learn more about how to participate. |
UPCOMING READINGS |
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Michael Maier: The Return of the Alchemist
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Coming soon:
First reading:
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Private readings for "Michael Maier - The Return of the Alchemist"
March 2, 2024 at 7 pm CET
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Please send a message if you want to be invited to these readings, which will happen once a week, one chapter per week. The event is strictly confidential, and by invitation only.
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Impressions from Michael Maier's study in Renaissance Prague.
(Today, at the Museum of Alchemy in Prague.)
(Today, at the Museum of Alchemy in Prague.)
PAST READINGS |
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The Earth Without Us13 Remaining Children - 13 Chapters - 13 Remaining Sundays of the Year:
This was a private reading from October 2022
for the first test readers of the upcoming visionary sci-fi novel for young (in body and/or spirit) adults 'The Earth without Us." |
Year: 2666
Species: Homo Sapiens Sapiens Conservation Status: extinction imminent Ben Ashmole grew up in a centaur tribe, never having met another human before. He is one of the last 13 children of the Earth, who is destined to go down with the dying human race or - through a dramatic break with the bad traditions of his kind - discover a new world with a new way of life.
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The Bleeding Letters - A Halloween Special
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Online - October 31, 2021 at 7 pm CET
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The First Tale of the 1001 Rooms
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A brand new 'spiritual spook' story for the day and night when the veils of the two worlds are open and when in many cultures the living communicate with the dead. But not all spirits are dead and not all ghost stories are invented.
This is a true story - in order to write it, I read through countless pages of my mother's diary from the 1970's, letters I found on the attic, scanned through old family notes and photographs, interviewed contemporary friends and even studied some of the international law that prevailed through the communist era. It is a story of love and heart-break, of transgenerational trauma that may give us tears but ultimately catharsis, too, through showing life from a greater, multidimensional perspective.
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'Unser Kampf' - or: The Art Critique
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Online - October 3, 2021 at 7 pm CET
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This is the first story that happened inside 'The House' - the only place I ever wanted to avoid. It holds all the dark memories of the past, going back to times immemorial and who would want to remember such things? However, 'the House' as terrible as it is - for it would take your soul if you only let it - also has a strange attraction. There is something inside there, that may be a treasure once we can only find out how to unlock it...
A strange question arises as we enter 'the House' for the first time: Does any of us has the right to criticize the artwork of a fellow human being? For what is art really - and what damage can it do if destroyed? |
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The Untouchables - A Short Story
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Online - September 4, 2021 at 7 pm CET
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Deep in the jungles of Samarath,
there is a city of temples, with a social cast of servants that can be owned but never must be touched. Make, however, no mistake about it: this is not a story of the past, this is yet to happen, in a deeply devolved future after we have outlawed human touch... |
We have gathered to listen to the story, to discuss, to go deeper into the ideas, to share a space, to share our energies... it was magical.
Read about the evening and listen to the story recording here: |
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