Josef6: a novella of the internets

by Benjamin Kerstein

Who is the strange man named Josef6 who is haunting internet chatrooms claiming to be a visitor from the future? How is he connected to the ancient and indecipherable enigma called the Voynich Manuscript? What is the strange cult that is growing up around him, and how dangerous could they prove to be?

82 pages, Paperback

First published April 19, 2012

About the author

Benjamin Kerstein is an Israeli-American writer, editor, and novelist. Born in Boston, he has lived in and written about Israel and the Middle East for over a decade.

Michael J. Totten, the prize-winning author of The Road to Fatima Gate, has called him "one of the finest American-Israeli authors of his generation."

His work has appeared in Azure: Ideas for the Jewish People, The Jerusalem Post, Senses of Cinema, Cbs.com, The New Ledger, Jewish Ideas Daily, The Times of Israel, Haaretz, PJ Media, and others. Jay Nordlinger of the National Review has referred to his work as "some of the most intelligent, clearest, most honest writing I have read in a long time."

His fiction is deeply influenced by French depressionism of Michel Houellebecq, the fantasias of Jorge Luis Borges, and the dystopian landscapes of J.G. Ballard.

He lives in Tel Aviv.