Editing Karl May (section)

=== Stories for young readers ===
[[File:Karl May Der blaurote Methusalem Herrfurth 001.jpg|thumb|right|220px|Cover of ''Der blaurote Methusalem'' by [[Oskar Herrfurth]]]]
These stories were written from 1887 to 1897 for the magazine ''Der Gute Kamerad''. Most of the stories are set in the [[Wild West]], but Old Shatterhand is just a figure and not the first-person narrator as he is in the travel stories. The best-known volume is ''Der Schatz im Silbersee''. In the broadest sense, the early works ''Im fernen Westen'' and ''Der Waldläufer'' belong in this category.

* ''Der Sohn des Bärenjägers'' (1887, since 1890 within ''Die Helden des Westens'')
* ''Der Geist des Llano estakata'' (1888, since 1890 correctly titled as ''Der Geist des Llano estakado'' within ''Die Helden des Westens'')
* ''Kong-Kheou, das Ehrenwort'' (1888/89, since 1892 titled ''Der blaurote Methusalem'')
* ''Die Sklavenkarawane'' (1890)
* ''Der Schatz im Silbersee'' (1891)
* ''Das Vermächtnis des Inka'' (1892)
* ''Der Oelprinz'' (1894, since 1905 titled as ''Der Ölprinz'')
* ''Der schwarze Mustang'' (1897)
* Replies to letters from readers in ''Der Gute Kamerad''.