Rilke's Ghost: A novella

While visiting the lovely town of Duino on the Adriatic Italian coast, Michael A. provoked the wraith of the legendary German poet Rainer Maria Rilke by applying Google-translate to the wordsmith's famed "Duineser Elegien" (Elegies from the Castle of Duino). Now he spends the summer in Switzerland, in a chalet only three kilometers away from the grave of the poet. Will Michael be stupid enough to challenge Rilke again, thus unleashing the most sophisticated ghost story of modern history, including an exorcism of serendipitous proportions...?

About the Author

Michael was born in Berlin, Germany, but moved to the Netherlands to found the Applied Logic Laboratory at the University of Amsterdam. He moved to the Cote d'Azur where he writes semi-serious prose. He loves cats, dogs, water, mushrooms, chess, hikes in the Esterel mountains, and his partner Chang. His short stories have appeared on the pages of Temptation Magazine, EtherBooks, Gay Flash Fiction, The Bear Review, LustSpiel Magazine, and Bunbury.His first book, GREEN EYES, was a finalist of the prestigious Lambda Literary Awards.

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