Brian Biswas

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Twenty-one stories that paint a portrait of a magical realist world that is both chaotic and corrupt. In "Blister" a young widow remains faithful to her wedding vows even after her husband's deception is revealed. The husband in "Others" is haunted by a picture from the sixteenth century that has seemingly come to life and threatens to destroy his marriage. The soldier in "A Soldier's Lament" refuses to order the execution of an enemy combatant with whom he has fallen in love. The teenage girl in "Skipping Stones" is troubled by her father's second marriage, resulting in an existential crisis.

Published February 2024
Obie Books
Paperback: 979-8-9876259-0-3

Franz Herbert suffers from epileptic seizures; are they a curse that takes him away from his wife, family, and friends, or a gift that allows him to explore the depths of the cosmos?

An exploration of a man's struggle with a neurological disease, the nature of reality, and the workings of his own mind, The Astronomer is both a love story and the tale of a man's journey to find his place in the universe.

Published March 2023
Whisk(e)y Tit Books
Paperback: 978-1-952600-31-9

Nineteen stories that span the genres of magical realism, horror, and science fiction. The reader is taken on a journey, an examination of the crossroads of life. As the narrator of "In the Garden" deftly puts it, "The world is wonderful and full of magic. He who does not believe it is so is dead."

Published May 2018
Rogue Star Press
Paperback: 978-1-945646-44-7

Brian Biswas has published over sixty short stories both in the U.S. and internationally. He has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize, anthologized in The Irreal Reader, had stories broadcast on Australian Public Radio, and translated into Vietnamese. He is listed in the International Writers and Authors Who's Who, Marquis Who's Who, and the Internet Speculative Fiction Database. A Betrayal & Other Stories, a collection spanning thirty years, was published by Rogue Star Press in 2018. The Astronomer, his first novel, was published by Whisk(e)y Tit Press in 2023, and a second collection, Blister and Other Stories, is forthcoming in November 2023.

What Editors Say About Biswas' Fiction

"Consistently eerie tales that readers aren't likely to forget." ~ Kirkus Reviews

"A writer of great descriptive skill and storytelling ability" ~ Cafe Irreal

"The strange, vivid imagery of dreams" ~ Perihelion Science Fiction

"Charming, wonderful, horrifying, funny and, most of all, well-crafted" ~ Skive Magazine

"Ethereal, otherworldly" ~ UNHINGED

"Indistinguishable from magic" ~ LOCUS

Biographies for Press Use

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Brian Biswas is a fiction writer. He has published over sixty short stories in the United States as well as internationally. A collection, A Betrayal and Other Stories, was published by Rogue Star Press in 2018. The Astronomer, a novel, was published by Whisk(e)y Tit in 2023. He lives in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

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Brian Biswas has published over sixty short stories both in the U.S. and internationally. He has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize, anthologized in The Irreal Reader, had stories broadcast on Australian Public Radio, and translated into Vietnamese. He is listed in the International Writers and Authors Who's Who, Marquis Who's Who, and the Internet Speculative Fiction Database. A Betrayal & Other Stories, a collection spanning thirty years, was published by Rogue Star Press in 2018. The Astronomer, his first novel, was published by Whisk(e)y Tit Press in 2023, and a second collection, Blister and Other Stories, is forthcoming in November 2023.

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Brian Biswas has published over sixty short stories in the United States as well as internationally. He has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize, anthologized in The Irreal Reader, had stories broadcast on Australian Public Radio, and translated into Vietnamese. He is listed in the International Writers and Authors Who's Who, Marquis Who's Who, and the Internet Speculative Fiction Database. A collection, A Betrayal and Other Stories, was published by Rogue Star Press in 2018. The Astronomer, a novel, was published by Whisk(e)y Tit in 2023. A second short-story collection, Blister and Other Stories, is forthcoming in November 2023.

He writes in a literary style reminiscent of magical realism, irrealism, or fabulism, which attempts to convey a slightly exaggerated but internally consistent sense of reality. He also writes straightforward science fiction, fantasy, and horror, though often tinged with fantastic elements.

Brian was born in Columbus, Ohio. He received a B.A. in Philosophy from Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio and an M.S. in Computer Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Originally from Columbus, Ohio, he lives in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, with his wife Elizabeth and an ever-changing assortment of animals.

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For more information or to request an author interview, please contact:
Miette Gillette, Publisher
Whisk(e)y Tit Books
miette@whiskeytit.com