Welcome
"These are charming, wonderful, horrifying, funny and, most of all, well-crafted stories."
- Matt Ward, Skive Magazine
" 'The Last Photon' is a jewel. A meditation on distant gods, distant stars - expertly narrated."
- FictionDaily.org
" 'The Crystal' is a story of loss and betrayal with that ethereal, otherworldly quality other stories strive after but fail to reach."
- Peter Tennant, UNHINGED
This is the home page of Brian Biswas, writer of magical realism and science fiction (and an occasional fantasy or horror piece).
This site contains a selection of his published works of fiction, including
short stories and novel excerpts. Also included is a complete bibliography of his
published work and a blog of musings near and far.
News
"A Matter of Principle" has been accepted by the on-line journal Bewildering Stories. It is scheduled to be published in 2012.
"Love in a High-Tech Age" has been accepted by the journal Aoife's Kiss. It is scheduled to be published June 2012.
"Julie's Murderer" was published last July in the on-line journal Bewildering Stories.
"This Old Man" was published last June in the journal Skive.
"The Last Photon" was published last February in the on-line journal Cafe Irreal.
Latest From The Blog
(May 04, 2012)
The greatest Chilean novelist of his day was José Donoso and The Obscene Bird of Night was his masterpiece. It is one of the finest examples of magical realism and certainly one of the best books I've ever read.
It is also one of the most exasperating, for it pretty much defies explanation. But not quite. And that's what is so frustrating (frustrating and tantalizing at the same time).
It is the story of Mudito, a deaf and mute invalid who works as a janitor in a convent [...]
