Mark Anthony Brennan
ABOUT ME:
I am a writer.
My fiction is primarily literary sci fi, but I have been known to delve into other genres: horror, fantasy, even mainstream. I have also written non-fiction articles as a freelance journalist.
Beautiful Victoria, British Columbia, Canada is where my family and I call home. My wife, Dora, and I have three children -- Jessica, Sean and Rachel
WHERE SOME OF MY SHORT STORIES HAVE APPEARED
:
Tomorrow's Enemy: Jackhammer (e-zine), 1999 (USA); Waxing & Waning, 1999 (Canada)
The Beauty of the Arrangement: Challlenging Destiny, 2000 (Canada)
Shelter from the Storm: On Spec, 2001 (Canada)
Earthers: Hadrosaur Tales, 2002 (USA)
The Garden of Syr: Hadrosaur Tales, 2002 (USA)
Loyalists: Hadrosaur Tales, 2003 (USA)
March on the New Gomorrah: Open Space: New Canadian Fantastic Fiction (antho), 2003 (Canada)
Beneath the White Layer: Descant, 2003 (Canada)
Josef: A Strange Tale from Dudinovsk: In the Outposts of Beyond (antho), 2003 (USA)
Athabasca: Hadrosaur Tales, 2003 (USA)
Return of the Native: Andromeda Spaceways In-flight Magazine, 2004 (Australia)
Jacob: A Winter's Tale from Copping Moors: Writers Post Journal, 2005 (USA)
Strasbourg: Shelter from the Storm (antho), 2005 (Canada)
Humpback IV: Here & Now, 2005 (England)
Freezer Burn: Monsters Ink (antho), 2005 (USA)
der Wahrsager: Tales of the Talisman, 2005 (USA)
Drot Detail: Tales of the Talisman, 2005 (USA)
Books:
"Shelter from the Storm" (a short story collection), 2005 (Perplexed Puffin Press)
"Humpback IV" (an illustrated chapbook), 2005 (Sams Dot Publishing) available from The Genre Mall
SOME REVIEWS:
"Mark Anthony Brennan's stories are at once chilling and hopeful; imaginative yet plausible. This thoughtful, compelling collection is a tour de force."
— David Lee Summers, editor, Tales of the Talisman magazine
"In Return of the Native…the author did a good job of capturing the harsh, desolate beauty of a future Earth…"
— Michael Gabriel Bailey, Tangent short fiction review
"[The Beauty of the Arrangement] is nicely written…I like the philosophy here and Mr. Brennan's creativity is at a high level…"
— David L. Felts, Tangent short fiction review
"Stories like Mark Anthony Brennan's March on the New Gomorrah are what science fiction should always be: unabashedly dangerous, wildly imaginative, and perspicaciously evocative."
— Claude Lalumière, writer, editor, critic
"[Shelter from the Storm] links the inner with the outer worlds in the unique way that only speculative fiction affords."
— Jeff Verona, Tangent short fiction review
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Armand Rosamilia, Swords and Scribes
"Dark, maybe. Thought provoking? Definitely."
— Dunc Malcolm, Goldstream Gazette
CONTACT ME:
markanthonybrennan58@yahoo.com