This volume presents all 57 stories by Meinrad Inglin. For the first time, it includes the 11 early stories that were published in newspapers and magazines between 1909 and 1926. A standout feature of Inglin's stories is nature, for which he employs an unusually rich vocabulary. However, Inglin is not only a master of nature descriptions; often intertwined with this are existential situations of people threatened by natural forces or seeking their path in confrontation with nature. An early form of nature writing that continues to impress with its mastery and narrative power to this day.