Thirteen stories that draw the reader into a fantastic world. Sparkling, bursting with joy of life, and then subtly highly political. The question of "What if..." arises and lets the imagination flow. "What would I have done in this situation? What would I have told people from a previous time about their seemingly unavoidable future, which is our present and past today?" Thirteen very different reflections on the ancient human dream of conscious or fate-driven time travel, time shifts, and the adventures that come with them. - Karin, the mysterious encounter of a Philharmonic musician with a young Jewish woman in burning Vienna in April 1945. - Montmartre, a journey to the year 1901 that reveals tangled relationships. - Papagenov, an employee of the legendary genius T.