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Tales for the 21st Century
TALES FOR THE 21st CENTURY is a collection of diverse short stories written within the last 14 years, featuring vampires, volcanoes, trees, skeletons, and other creatures. It could be considered light horror.
"I woke up to a vague smell of smoke and my first thought was that someone downstairs had burnt a toast again, or a neighbour upstairs had fallen asleep while cooking brunch after a nightshift. Whatever it was, this recurring occurrence felt boring. Daylight was peeking from behind the curtains. Now that my brain was shifting into consciousness, I realised that if no smoke alarm was screaming abuse into my ears then no food was being cooked to a cinder." (The End of the World)
"I woke up to a vague smell of smoke and my first thought was that someone downstairs had burnt a toast again, or a neighbour upstairs had fallen asleep while cooking brunch after a nightshift. Whatever it was, this recurring occurrence felt boring. Daylight was peeking from behind the curtains. Now that my brain was shifting into consciousness, I realised that if no smoke alarm was screaming abuse into my ears then no food was being cooked to a cinder." (The End of the World)
- GenresHorror
125 pages, Paperback
First published August 24, 2014
About the author
W. Freedreamer Tinkanesh
22 books35 followersNEW BIO:
The quiet W. Freedreamer Tinkanesh, known to be a versatile artist, a chocolate fiend, an independent musician, and a tree hugger, enjoys photographic walks in cemeteries where tombstones and trees mingle together.
W has contributed to various anthologies including the Ladies & Gentlemen of Horror 2014 and 2017 anthologies (as a writer) and the Ladies & Gentlemen of Horror 2016 (as an artist). This secretive writer is the author of a novel entitled ‘Outsider’ (punch line: ‘Vampires and lesbians enjoying rock music in London’) published in 2012, and ‘Tales for the 21st Century’, a collection of short stories published in 2014. Their most recent book is another collection of short stories, 'Tales for the 21st Century, volume 2', self-published in 2019. W has been rumoured to use other pen names.
This non-binary person currently lives with one cat in London and has a tendency to devour books (paper is a very edible substance) while drinking coffee or water (coffee being coloured water) and eating too much chocolate, on a background of music by Joan Armatrading or Patti Smith or deux furieuses or Buffy Sainte Marie or Mimi Fox or Stever, etc.
https://www.facebook.com/Walkis-Monst...
OLD BIO:
Little is known about the apparently quiet W. Freedreamer Tinkanesh. The few unearthed bones are still disconnected: dreams, books, no gender, tattoos, wolves, invisible energies, permanent puzzlement. W would be (in alphabetical order) a versatile artist, a chocolate fiend, an independent musician, and a tree hugger.
The cats know more, but refuse to talk: one will stare you down; the other one will fight you.
W’s writings have appeared in unknown, obscure zines and in the last ten years in various anthologies, including the recent 'Ladies and Gentlemen of Horror 2014'.
W. Freedreamer Tinkanesh is a speculative writer and occasionally writes under other names.
The quiet W. Freedreamer Tinkanesh, known to be a versatile artist, a chocolate fiend, an independent musician, and a tree hugger, enjoys photographic walks in cemeteries where tombstones and trees mingle together.
W has contributed to various anthologies including the Ladies & Gentlemen of Horror 2014 and 2017 anthologies (as a writer) and the Ladies & Gentlemen of Horror 2016 (as an artist). This secretive writer is the author of a novel entitled ‘Outsider’ (punch line: ‘Vampires and lesbians enjoying rock music in London’) published in 2012, and ‘Tales for the 21st Century’, a collection of short stories published in 2014. Their most recent book is another collection of short stories, 'Tales for the 21st Century, volume 2', self-published in 2019. W has been rumoured to use other pen names.
This non-binary person currently lives with one cat in London and has a tendency to devour books (paper is a very edible substance) while drinking coffee or water (coffee being coloured water) and eating too much chocolate, on a background of music by Joan Armatrading or Patti Smith or deux furieuses or Buffy Sainte Marie or Mimi Fox or Stever, etc.
https://www.facebook.com/Walkis-Monst...
OLD BIO:
Little is known about the apparently quiet W. Freedreamer Tinkanesh. The few unearthed bones are still disconnected: dreams, books, no gender, tattoos, wolves, invisible energies, permanent puzzlement. W would be (in alphabetical order) a versatile artist, a chocolate fiend, an independent musician, and a tree hugger.
The cats know more, but refuse to talk: one will stare you down; the other one will fight you.
W’s writings have appeared in unknown, obscure zines and in the last ten years in various anthologies, including the recent 'Ladies and Gentlemen of Horror 2014'.
W. Freedreamer Tinkanesh is a speculative writer and occasionally writes under other names.
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September 14, 2014
For me this book was a wonderful revisiting of some of my favorite stories by W. Freedreamer Tinkanesh. Many of these stories I'd read before, when they appeared either as stand alone stories or as part of some other collection.
If you have never read any of this author's work before, this is the volume to start with.
If you have never read any of this author's work before, this is the volume to start with.
September 20, 2014
An awesome collection of short weird fiction from W. Tinkanesh. I look forward to reading more.
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