Der Alp After surviving the Black Death in 1300s Germany, a young woman suddenly loses her mother. The day her father buries her body on the family’s farm, a beautiful black butterfly visits Katerina at the gravesite. Has her mother returned to comfort her mourning daughter, or is something sinister taking advantage of the grieving and credulous young woman? ~ Der Alp is a short story inspired by a demon from old German Folklore. Der Alp was originally published as a short story on Amazon's Kindle Vella platform.