Short stories, satires, essays, poems, and all manner of madness—often funny, sometimes bizarre, always excellent. A new best-of collection is being released to mark the 30th anniversary of the Berlin reading stage. Because the best texts from the Heim & Welt reform stage are, quite simply, the best texts in literary history. Don't believe it? - Shut up. Ahne has been there since the founding year, accompanied almost as long by God, with whom he has his dialogues. Falko Hennig, too, hasn't been deterred for thirty years from reporting weekly on German swear words, bollards in Berlin, or his experiences as a tourist-guiding rickshaw driver. Heiko Werning, as a lizard person, contributes reptilian perspectives, Susanne M. Riedel fights against the bad image of Regen and Steglitz, Andreas 'Spider' Krenzke marvels at the developments in Prenzlauer Berg, Frank Sorge has a corner pub in his heart and a ukulele in his hand, and Mandana Katebian is the inventor of the food label short prose. She also usually has a birthday. Together they are the Reform Stage Home & World and meet every Sunday under the motto 'Best to try something new'. Biography (Ahne) Ahne, born in 1968 in Berlin-Buch, is a trained offset printer. The fall of the Berlin Wall was a stroke of luck for him: he became unemployed and a squatter. Every Sunday he reads at the Reform Stage "Heim & Welt" (Home & World) in Café Burger, and he was also active with the Surfpoets for several years. Biography (Falko Hennig): Falko Hennig was born in Berlin in 1969. He completed a typesetter apprenticeship at the Ministry of National Defense and earned his high school diploma at night school. After the fall of the Wall, he held various jobs, including doorman, editor, and life model. Today he works as a journalist and writer. Hennig is a member of the Reform Stage "Heim & Welt" at Café Burger in Berlin, chairman of the Charles Bukowski Society, and publishes regularly in the Frankfurter Rundschau, the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, and taz. Biography (Heiko Werning): Heiko Werning is a reptile expert. He has written many books and articles about them, for specialists and newspapers. He also travels the world to observe and photograph reptiles in the wild. In Berlin, he introduces children to his scaly favorites at a children's university. Biography (Frank Sorge) Frank Sorge was born in Berlin in 1977, grew up near the Wall in Neukölln, studied various humanities subjects, and supported himself as a balloon salesman, delivery driver, roofer, and trade fair stand builder. Since 2001, he has been reading his short stories and poems on Berlin's literary stages, but also draws, films, and photographs. New product