Gerrit Wustmann

An official wants to verify if a person exists - and carries forms with fatal consequences. A widower receives a visit from his deceased former tenant. A hypochondriac discovers a remedy for eternal health - but there's a nasty catch. A little girl has a new imaginary friend... with murderous intentions. A man hears a mysterious knocking over and over, slowly driving him to madness. And a murder investigator finds himself lost in the middle of a terribly bad crime script. Ten stories filled with dark humor, populated by the desperate, the losers, and other ghosts. In his first collection of stories, Gerrit Wustmann draws from all genres and turns the innermost parts inside out. The perfect read for long, dark autumn evenings. Or for those waiting for a train on abandoned tracks.