Fantasy spun with reality is delightfully reflected in the short stories. Their content spans a wide range: from the last Mohican to the knight Bert Kuni, the true reason for the sinking of the Titanic, to a lively snowman and Vienna's manhole covers. Erhard Roy was born in 1959 in Linz on the Danube. After completing primary and secondary school, he began studying law. Contrary to expectations, he earned his doctorate as early as 1982. After his basic military service, he worked in controlling for an electrical company and finally joined the Upper Austrian state service in 1985. In the course of his work in finance, which he continues to this day, he completed a one-year management training program in 1993. After many long, miserable years of being single, he was sacrificed to his wife Birgit at the altar in Gmunden in 1999.