They are gonna play marches out there as often as they can until tuesday. The big parades are gonna take place in front of my window. It's the Schützenfest! The same festivity every year where everything looks exactly the same every year, everything sounds exactly the same every year and which makes me almost lose all sanity every year because of the fucking marches. What you see there is not real military but ordinary people who for some reason wear uniforms . They are doing that because they have always done so every year in the summer. They even have a king and a queen. The king gets his title by shooting at a wooden bird with a gun.  There's never as much drunken yobbishness happening on the streets as when it's Schützenfest. These people must assume that everybody in this place enjoys it the way they are doing it, as loud as they are doing it and with all the limitations for traffic. In a few minutes the first parade will start which is gonna go on for several hours. I hope I don't lose my mind.

Just added this for an even better impression:

I quickly proceeded in doing the proof reading and layout for "Prometheus´ Tod" so it seemed likely to already design the cover as I was once logged in to my publishers´ server today. I uploaded all files for the book today which means that it should be available via Amazon and bookstores in about three or four weeks. For some reason Baphomet in his 'revolting' pose with a red background kept popping up in front of my mind's eye so I decided to make this the cover design. I think it looks quite cool. All logged in users can have a look at a preview of the book cover which is in PDF format here: http://network.kiamagic.com/zeitl0ch/files/-1/29/preview_10194516_27148_cover_5b2213a470.pdf

Do you like it? Sorry for most of you that the book will be in German. Anton has already asked me once about translations. At the moment I lack contacts to foreign publishers and the next obvious step for me will be to try and trigger some public interest in Germany first. If the book can find an audience I might see if my publisher can help me with an English translation. I know Feather speaks a little German and maybe somebody else of you does, too. If you think your German is good enough to read a German novel, maybe you can find a way to purchase it outside Germany (perhaps via Amazon). At least my first book "Zeitlochs ewige Abenteuer" is being advertised on a Japanese page as I saw.

Here's the first candidate:

LILLY

Hello Lilly! Lilly, you're very young aren't you? I have the impression the camera still scares you a little. You didn't want to look at the photographer, did you? Now, Lilly. We're seacrhing for a DEVIL, you see? I have the impression you're just a little too fluffy and white and cute.

Well, but I have to admit, Lilly, that at your second attempt you developed your very own way of being creepy. So you get some of my respect for that. But I am still not sure if this is the kind of devil we want. OK?

Next One:

PAN

Now, Pan! You step in front of a camera convinced that you're a professional. You have the greatest self esteem of all candidates. But I think the only postive thing I can really say about the picture is that you seem natural. Let's look at the next one.

Here we can see your self esteem and vanity again, but the pose is not quite what we wanted to see. You think you're beautiful but I think you lack anything demonic and that is what we need. Alright? Sorry, but I don't think you're gonna make it.

And last but not least:

BAPHOMET

Baphomet, I say it openly, you're my favourite! The expression of revolt you show here tells us you're the one who really gets the idea of being the devil. You show so much passion on that photograph it's just unbelieveable.

Baphomet, you know what you're doing. Just bluntly showing off your pentagram shaped head like this is what we need here. If we digitally improve that picture a little this could really be the one. There's just one thing about you that bothers me a tiny little bit. We'll see it on the next picture, too...

The problem I see is that despite your apparent age and experience you still don't know what to do with your ears. First the right ear goes down and then the left ear goes up. I am not yet sure if this will be a problem. We'll see...