Parts 4 to 6 of ?The Bright Side of the Doom“

This novel is the first season of ?The 18-Year-Old Who Wrote a Note and Disappeared“. It is based on true events that happened between 1933 and 1989 in central Germany.

Part 4: Pentecost Traditions

Less noticed, the feast of Pentecost already began a few days earlier. There, the ordered Pentecost May – young birch trees – were distributed by horse-drawn wagon in the village. For this purpose, the Pentecost boys had divided themselves into several groups and drove from house to house. ?? CONTINUE READING

Part 5: A Little Sibling

It was in this very parlor that I woke up one morning. My grandmother had woken me up and told me that I now had a little sister. Probably my father had carried me into the room, because in the night with my mother the labor began. ?? CONTINUE READING

Part 6: My Friend The Hairdresser

Apart from a few septic tanks and cesspools, the sanitary and hygienic conditions in the village were catastrophic. There was no sewerage system, and no sewage treatment plants. Most of the village’s sewage ran down the streets and gutters into the creek. ?? CONTINUE READING

PS: Would you like to find out more about these short stories? Then take a look at the cover of ?The Bright Side of the Doom“.