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The 3D board of «Sieben Blüten» with the Gate between Leonberg and the Ice World

7 November 2026 · Games

«Sieben Blüten» is now a 3D game

Leonberg and the Ice World as a 3D board: you throw the die yourself, and sometimes a puppy called Leo brings it back.

The cover of my single «Ocarina, Carry Him Home»: me in princess cosplay with a blue ocarina

7 November 2026 · Games

«Ocarina of Time» on the Switch 2: seven years in an instant

A boy reaches for a sword, and seven years are gone. Here’s why «Ocarina of Time» on the Switch 2 has such a hold on me.

Album cover of Live or Serve — Original Soundtrack

2 October 2026 · Music

The soundtrack to «Live or Serve» is here

Fourteen songs for a novel that’s still to come: eight days in the Carpathians, sung in English.

My DJI Osmo Pocket 4P on a café table

23 September 2026 · Advertisement

My New Camera: The DJI Osmo Pocket 4P

Filming on the go is so much more relaxed than it was with my phone: I flip the screen and start recording.

Elaiza with her classical guitar in the garden

23 September 2026 · Family

Elaiza is learning the guitar

Arranged through the music school, held right at her own school — plus a small classical guitar to start with.

Album cover of the soundtrack to Why Mothers Kill

4 September 2026 · Music

The soundtrack to «Why Mothers Kill» is here

Fifteen songs in English — released before the book existed. To be heard on YouTube Music, Spotify and Apple Music.

An alpaca at the Alpaka Alm in Leonberg

31 July 2026 · Leonberg

An afternoon with the alpacas

Warm noses, calm animals and a path that ends 400 metres further up. An afternoon entirely without a dark story.

The browser game Sieben Blüten set in the world of LeoZeit

22 June 2026 · Game

«Sieben Blüten»: The LeoZeit game is now online

A small strategy game for the browser — alone against the computer or with someone else, right here on the site.

Album cover of the soundtrack to LeoZeit: Schatten

16 June 2026 · Music

The soundtrack to LeoZeit: Schatten is here

Ten songs to go with the story, with a female and a male voice. Listening samples from the music project that stands on its own.

A small tortoise found in Leonberg

6 June 2026 · Blog

A little tortoise and a big responsibility

She had fallen from the third floor. Why a tortoise needs papers in Germany — and how it all turned out.

The Evi Ritter ballet school in the Stadthalle in Leonberg

8 March 2026 · Culture

50 years of Ballettschule Evi Ritter — “Die Hexe Rosa”

Three sold-out performances for the anniversary: a dance piece that silenced a whole Stadthalle.

Sebastian Fitzek’s „Die Therapie“ on the bookshelf

4 March 2026 · Essay

Sebastian Fitzek and the art of selling fear

„Die Therapie“, newly published: why millions of people read fear on purpose — and what a thriller has to do to deliver it.

Beds and pavilion in the Pomeranzengarten in Leonberg

2 March 2026 · Leonberg

The Pomeranzengarten: a forgotten piece of Italy in Swabia

Below the castle hides a Renaissance terrace garden — laid out for a duchess, overlooked by many today.

Working on the short film — behind the scenes

2 March 2026 · Behind the scenes

My book runs to a good 350 pages. We made the film just the two of us.

Do I write my books with AI? The short answer is no. The longer one also explains how the film came about.

Panorama of the Pomeranzengarten in Leonberg

2 March 2026 · Leonberg

Leonberg as a literary setting

Market square, castle, Pomeranzengarten: the places you walk through here are the setting of a fantasy adventure.

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