The story by Andy Dittrich, out now

FIREDo not reschedule.

Three questions. One fire. One weekend.

Three people who have never met set out on the same day. All three paths lead to the same fire, to a wise man who is expecting them. He explains nothing. He asks three questions.

Fiction156 pagesPaperbackISBN 978-3-6967-2931-8
CalendarToday, 18:00
FIRE. Do not reschedule.
You never entered this appointment. Created by you. In your sleep.
What it is about

You are not holding this book by accident.

A photographer with 42,000 pictures, not one of them on her wall. A nurse who reads every body but his own, and has not for years. A planner whose calendar holds an appointment she never entered: FIRE. Do not reschedule.

All three roads lead into the same valley, to the same fire, to a wise man who waits for them as if he had never done anything else. His name is Dancing Fire. He explains nothing. He asks three questions: What do you see? Where are you? Where does your line go?

Perception, awareness, intention. Three forces you were born with. The last time you used them, you did not have a calendar yet. A story about four days in the mountains, about what we postpone until there is no room left, and about what happens when, for once, you do not reschedule.

A story you read in one evening and keep for longer. For readers of books like "The Café on the Edge of the World" and "The Alchemist".

Three questions at the fire

He explains nothing. He asks.

I, The first question

What do you see?

Perception

For weeks she has seen a light in the fog that has no business being there.

II, The second question

Where are you?

Awareness

In the middle of an early shift he feels his own hand for the first time in years.

III, The third question

Where does your line go?

Intention

Her calendar holds an appointment she never entered.

Reading sample

Sit down at the fire.

The fire was already burning when nobody was on the way yet. The wise man placed three stones in the circle, the way other people set the table.

The English reading sample follows shortly. Until then, the German sample shows the first pages.

Order the book

156 pages. One evening.

The English edition is out at Books on Demand. Any bookshop can order it through the ISBN. Books on Demand is my publisher, that is where most of it stays with me.

The book is out. Through the ISBN 978-3-6967-2931-8 any bookshop can order the book. There is no e-book at the moment.