"Marcia from Vermont was originally published in German as Marcia aus Vermont: Eine Weihnachtsgeschichte in 2019 by S. Fischer Verlag GmbH, Frankfurt am Main. The other stories were originally published in German as Wenn es dunkel wird: Erzählungen in 2020 by S. Fischer Verlag GmbH, Frankfurt am Main."

Marcia from Vermont -- Nahtigal -- The Most beautiful dress -- Supermoon -- Sabrina, 2019 -- The woman in the green coat -- Cold reading -- First snow -- Dietrich's knee -- It' getting dark -- My blood for you -- Shipwreck

"A new story collection from "one of Europe's most exciting writers" (New York Times Book Review) deftly evokes and explores the shifts that occur when the world grows dark. Georg is on the verge of retirement. No one notices him anymore at the office, and there is no dinner waiting for him at home. He seems to dissolve slowly and a nameless horror seizes him. Sabrina is flattered when an artist approaches her. But when she sees herself as a work of art for the first time, she shudders. David wants to rob a bank. He already has a mask for the purpose, but he won't be using it today. He's heard that bank robbers often study the scene for weeks before they strike. So he's started to lurk. We think we know our world, but then the familiar suddenly turns strange, and even frightening. In these powerfully affecting, minutely constructed stories, Peter Stamm illustrates how fragile our reality really is, how susceptible to tricks of the heart and mind"--