Luckless Homecoming

A dead man complains to the responsible angelic clerk in heaven for having been unjustly and far too early removed from the Book of Life. As a result, he is allowed to return to earth for a limited period of time to solve the murder he fell victim to. Unfortunately, his new form of existence is very different from the one he was used to. Although he is once again in the world, he no longer becomes a part of it.



Zacharias Mbizo debuted in 2015 with the present story (then only published in German). Eight years after its first appearance, it is now available in a completely revised version, which has also been translated into English. In 2021 Mbizo published another fantastic story (The Agnes Well).



A dead man complains to the responsible angelic clerk in heaven for having been unjustly and far too early removed from the Book of Life. As a result, he is allowed to return to earth for a limited period of time to solve the murder he fell victim to. Unfortunately, his new form of existence is very different from the one he was used to. Although h