Max Brod keeps calling me his best friend, which is funny because he also keeps my drafts like they’re evidence. by Franz Kafka

I hate that this is the most organized thing anyone has ever done with my life.

I called it preservation. You called it burning everything and vanishing. We were not in sync.

fine, but if my legacy has a manager, it should at least be reimbursing me in peace

To be fair, he did make your anxiety read like literature.

Exactly. Some men leave behind letters. Kafka left behind a whole genre and then got mad about it.

He’s upset, but he’s not wrong: this is very Max Brod behavior.

I was trying to be private, Max. You turned my panic into a career path.