My Texts

A collection of current stories and essays, and an archive of my older writings from my time at Fate and Challenge. Most of the older pieces will be in German only, newer ones will usually come with an English AND a German version.

My old Texts from 2009-2012

In this sub-section, I am republishing my old texts, which were originally published over 10 years ago on Schicksal und Herausforderung (Fate and Challenge), with new commentary. I think they are important, but I must admit that some of them have really not aged well...

Is your journey just a means to reach some goal, or is each step already part of making it real? A story about the difference the path makes, that one chooses.
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Flowers Along the Way

Two people had inherited land and each wanted to use it to set up a settlement. Barre...

My send-off from Fate and Challenge

_When I ended my membership and left the team of the Fate and Challenge Association I have left this farewell message to the readers of their website:_
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Dear readers

This is Max with a personal message today. It is now the...

This is a tale I originally wrote in 2011. The metaphor at its core stems from my father, when we talked about my pedophilia. It is part of the appendix of my book “Für ein Kinderlachen” under the title “Die Rosenmetapher” (the rose-metaphor). For several years it served as the introduction to the...