u/Gilgamesh_and_Enkidu

Contemporary German weird (horror) lit

As the title suggests I am looking for modern German weird (horror leaning) literature. Weird lit and horror are genres I thoroughly enjoy but I have only read English stuff (and I’d like — if at all possible — to read some in my native language). I know the classics like E. T. A. Hoffman‘s Sandman but I‘m looking for something a little more contemporary maybe 1950ies or later?

This request is probably niche enough as is, so feel free to disregard the following if it narrows the field too much. Just a few things I have enjoyed reading etc. to give a broad idea of my taste:

I prefer short stories although novels are fine. I‘ve listened to the Magnus Archives at least twice, enjoyed Annihilation, House of Leaves, The Fisherman and a short Story collection by Langam, and have lately been working my way through Laird Barron‘s short story collections.

But again, I am thankful for any and all pointers as long as it is somewhat contemporary and originally written in German.

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u/Gilgamesh_and_Enkidu — 13 days ago