Plüschow Returns
a novella by Steve Berman, in the style of League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, if the parties involved were all German and gay
The infamous photographer of Mediterranean youths, Wilhelm Plüschow, has returned to his native Germany after receiving an invitation to attend a family reunion. This is surprising as, after many scandals (all deserved), none of his relatives will speak with Plüschow except his cousin von Gloeden, also openly homosexual and a more successful photographer, one respected in the art world.
Plüschow soon finds himself suffering from "unconscious inferences"...or perhaps what he truly sees are spirits. What happens to the eyes of a man who has spent a lifetime of ogling boys with or without a camera? Can Plüschow suffer the indignities posed when these spirits peer back at him? Plüschow is an anti-hero who will appeal to all lovers of coquinery!