Liminality coming back home.

A storage deal running out this year I had the unsold back stock of Liminality sent to my home.
I left it till the very last moment hoping a copy or two would be sold before midnight on the 31^st, alas these are all the printed copies that didn’t find a home since 2019.

Perhaps it is kind of proper, to have them here with me going into the new year. I am always ready to interpret anything as a good sign until it proves otherwise.

There are a couple of book fairs coming up, or maybe I give them to my local bookshop to sell second hand, or maybe I just leave them about. I don’t know yet.

Best wishes and blessings for the new year. May it get a little less – well just less – as the days go by.

A Zine out in the wild.

Be it in Berlin, at the Kaiserbäder on the Baltic sea-coast, the old Saxonian centre of passementerie Großröhrsdorf or the great German-Sorbic city of Bautzen. ‘There once was Wonder’ – a little comic I am making when inspiration strikes – is out there in bookshops, as little eight page Zines for everyone to find, take away and enjoy for free.

The Zines are simply folded out of one sheet, can be read like a booklet or even unfolded to be reproduced. I don’t mind, as long as they reach the right hands.

The texts inside are slightly different from those that can be found here. I some additional thoughts where appropriate or shortened something to make it fit.

Perhaps some of you can find one and see for yourself.

A great Thank You to all the owners and employees that allowed me to leave them in their shop!

Berlin’s most charming Manga, Anime and Asian Pop-Culture Convention.

The Mega Manga Convention (MMC-Berlin) first opened its doors in 2002.
I myself – being a frequent patron of my local comic book store – of course was among the guests.
Atelier Vulpecula first lent our expertise in 2009 to the event and facilitated communication and relation with the international guests. Over the years we provided care, chaperoning and translation services for many visiting Artists. Makoto Tateno, Vocaloid Producer FuwariP, Ryuta Amazume, Midori Harada, Hiroji Mishima, Terumi Nishii, Hitoshi Yasuda, Hidenori Kusaka, Satoshi Yamamoto, Ryo Mizuno, Key Animator Yasuhiro Irie and Hisashi Kagawa to give a comprehensive yet still non-exhaustive list.

This year we were ever so pleased to have been able to once again help the MMC-Berlin e.V. with their fantastic convention on the long weekend May 18th to May 20th; And assist Ms 𝗔𝗹𝗼𝗵𝗮 𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗮 – artist behind the beloved Manga and Anime “Polar Bear Café” – navigate both the event and Berlin for a while.

Thanks to the organizers, helpers and the thousands of guests that made this special experience possible.

Now onwards to 2025!

Climate Fiction For Future Ancestors

Our friends at Grist announced a new short story contest via their initiative Fix. A (free entry, international) contest that is called: ‘Imagine 2200: Climate fiction for future ancestors.’ They’re looking for short stories (3,000–5,000 words) that explore what a just, regenerative future could truly look like. The top three prize winners will receive $3,000, $2,000, and $1,000, in that order, and nine additional finalists will each receive a $300 honorarium, plus publication in Grist’s digital collection this summer. 

Visit their Submittable page for details about the contest and to submit your entry.

Submissions close April 12, 11:59 p.m. U.S. Pacific Standard Time.

Cover Reveal and Pre-Order

World Weaver Press today, has revealed not only the cover for their anthology ‘Multispecies Cities’ – and a gloriously pretty cover it is – but also have announced an official release date! The book will be out as an ebook and on paperback on April 13th 2021

You can read all about it on their Blog.

Just drink in the beautiful artwork by Rita Fei which gives the entire project the polish it deserves and sets the stage for a collaborative work by talented writers from around the globe.

My very own ‘Crew’, my little-story-that-could, of course will finally get some readers, as I have jealously shielded it even from friends and family since I sold the first draft back in early 2020.

Seeing this project materialize makes me immensely proud that I could contribute, albeit in just a small way. I will forever be thankful to editor Sarena Ulibarri and the entire team over at World Weaver Press.