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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.