The University of Heidelberg has digitized its copies of Der Orchideengarten, the world’s first fantasy fiction magazine. Known as ‘The Orchids-garden’ in English, and subtitled Phantastische Blätter or ‘Fantastic Pages’, this German magazine of weird and creepily erotic fiction ran for 51 issues from January 1919 until November 1921. Edited by World War I … Continue reading “Der Orchideengarten: The World’s First Fantasy Magazine”