Short stories, 1921-1946

The Bavarian stories (1920-1924). Bargan gives up

Story on a ship

The revelation

The stupid wife

The blind man

A helping hand

Java Meier

The Lance-Sergeant

Message in a bottle

A mean bastard

The death of Cesare Malatesta

The Berlin stories (1924-1933). The answer

Before the Flood

Conversation about the South Seas

Letter about a mastiff

Hook to the chin

Muller's natural attitude

North Sea shrimps

Bad water

A little tale of insurance

Four men and a poker game

Barbara

The Good Lord's package

The monster

The job

Stories written in exile (1934-1948). Safety first

The Soldier of La Ciotat

A mistake

Gaumer and Irk

Socrates wounded

The experiment

The heretic's coat

Lucullus's trophies

The unseemly old lady

A question of taste

The Augsburg chalk circle

Two sons.