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      • Science fiction
        June 2019

        Micro Science Fiction

        by O. Westin

        Nearly 90.000 readers have subscribed to O. Westin's Micro Science Fiction on twitter. His short scenes and dialogues give excellent thought food on the human existence from the point of view of Aliens, AI and robots. The IT specialist's twitter account is so famous that volunteers are translating him into Russian, Italian, Scottish, Welsh, Hungarian, Polish or Japanese on separate twitter channels. We have published the first English book edition and the first German book edition of this successful twitter account. It is an absolute avantgarde and funny must-read for all Science Fiction lovers. Westin’s microstories capture scenes of interstellar life—transgalactic communication attempts between robots, aliens, and humans, philosophical rumination, comic relief, Siri’s emotions, and the usual pitfalls of navigating the space-time continuum. "HUMANS WERE REPLACED."

      • Fiction
        January 2019

        Bright Matter

        Close Fiction

        by Sina Kamala Kaufmann

        What if men were forced to be female for a day? What if a global wealth tax turned into an addictive game for the super-rich? Bright Matter can be read as a humanistic manifesto between hope and surrender. 13 stories that explore unconventional behaviour and introduce new kinds of borders with huge media acclaim. Each story is a brief, tight twist on the modern world, its contradictions, and the personal struggle to find direction within it. Funny, absurd, tragic, unexpected. These visions of utopian social innovations for the future nonetheless remain closely tied to our present daily lives and ever-never-changing human nature. The narratives open up unthinkable paths; traveling down them may, at times, feel like sex in space. Not as technically constructed as the work of Ted Chiang, and not as pessimistic about human nature as Charlie Brooker’s Black Mirror, Kaufmann’s stories target a growing audience of individuals who feel doubt about themselves and about the future. Without giving pre-formatted answers, she takes doubts and desires seriously and explores different possible ways forward. Without any media spending, the book has been widely recognised and has already received a number of excited reviews. The 13 stories in Bright Matter address the questions we all carry around with us: what the hell is going on? And: where are we going? Sample translations into English available.

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