Charlotte Engmann
Charlotte Engmann (born September 16, 1971 in Neuss ) is a German writer . She writes novels and short stories in the genres of fantasy and horror .
Life
In 1973 her family moved with her from Neuss to Erftstadt - Liblar , where she first attended the Donatus elementary school and then the Ville-Gymnasium Erftstadt. After graduating from high school, she studied German, English and history for a few semesters at the University of Cologne . She then completed an apprenticeship as a publishing clerk. She lives in Cologne.
Even as a child she read a lot, especially the classic fairy tales and heroic sagas , but also Astrid Lindgren 's children's books . Other important influences were The Neverending Story of Michael Ende and the cartoon The Lord of the Rings , which awakened her love for fantasy.
She wrote her first full short story in the winter of 1992/1993. Her first short stories appeared in the Legendensänger edition by Christel Scheja . From 1994 to 2001 she published a fanzine herself , the vampire magazine Tales of Blood and Love , which reached a total of eleven issues.
Since 2000 she has published over thirty short stories in anthologies, ten individual titles (novels, collections of stories) and seven short novels in the Bastei series Schattenreich pulp magazine .
Works
Novels
- Abduction after Alhalon , Dead Soft Verlag , 2001, 2nd edition 2004, ISBN 3-934-442-05-6
- Promised to the gods , DSA novel, FanPro / Phoenix Verlag, 2002, ISBN 3-89064-579-8
- Kjartan, the Vitländer. VirPriV Verlag , Bad Oeynhausen 2004, ISBN 3-935327-51-X .
- For a handful of souls , Hary-Productions, 2007, ISSN 1861-6054
- Sturmbrecher , together with Christel Scheja , dead soft verlag, 2007, ISBN 978-3-934442-37-5
- Song circle of death , Hary-Productions, 2008, ISSN 1614-3310
- The Grail Servant , Edition Blauer Drache, 2009
- Demons over Luxembourg , Dead Soft Verlag , 2010, ISBN 978-3-934442-54-2
- The bill is paid in blood , Hary-Productions, 2012, ISSN 1861-6054
Short novels
in the shadow realm pulp magazine from Bastei
- Oh, dear Augustin , Oct. 2004
- Wiener Blut , Oct. 2004
- An African lullaby , Nov. 2004
- Brother Jakob , Nov. 2004
- Death Melody , Dec. 2004
- A reaper named Death , Dec. 2004
- Bloody Hands , Aug 2005
Short story collections
- 13 Drops of Blood , Blue Dragon Edition, 2009
- 12 Magic Signs , Blue Dragon Edition, 2009
- 11 Sunspots , Blue Dragon Edition, 2010.
- Play me the song of undeath . Edited by Charlotte Engmann, Hary-Productions, 2013. ISSN 1861-6054 (Collection of stories about Charlotte Engmann's vampire Michail Vladescu with contributions by Bernard Craw , Christel Scheja and others)
Short stories
- Guardian of the Writings , The Last Railway and ... Mightier than the Sword in With Blade and Feather , ed. v. Petra Hartmann and Andrea Tillmanns , UlrichBurger-Verlag, 2013.
- When love gives wings , in elven script March 21, 2009
- Op de Dom in Mortus in Colonia , ed. v. Jan-Eike Hornauer , Wellhöfer Verlag, 2009
- The Prisoner of Temnora in Gaylüste , dead soft Verlag, 2009
- Another world , in Elfenschrift 17, March 2008
- What he eats sacrificed in The Faithfulness , Arcanum Fantasy Verlag, 2008
- Café Karaganda in Dark Future , Romantic Rest, 2008
- An old-time judgment in Creatures , Eloy Edictions, 2008
- Miss Abgrund in Satan GmbH & Co. KG, Lerato-Verlag, 2007
- The Chosen One in Flaming Souls , Arcanum Fantasy Verlag, 2007
- Only facade in Burgturm im Nebel , Schreiblust-Verlag, 2007
- In the realm of the dryads in Under the spell of the night forest , Lerato-Verlag, 2007
- The Ghost Path , in Elfenschrift 12, December 2006
- Play only in Liberate Me , Eloy Edictions, 2006
- Mushroom dish in excess , Lerato-Verlag, 2006
- To head and collar in Die Jenseitsapotheke , EDFC eV, 2006
- When love gives you wings in Weltenweber , Lerato-Verlag, 2006
- The False King in World of Stories 1 , Web Site Publisher, 2006
- Keuner is ill in Herrenreiter 2006 , dead soft Verlag, 2006
- Bookworm in books, my elixir of life , Wort und Mensch-Verlag, 2006
- A Life for Football in Voices from Offside , Konkursbuch-Verlag, 2006
Web links
- Literature by and about Charlotte Engmann in the catalog of the German National Library
- Homepage of Charlotte Engmann
- Enter a continent. Interview with Charlotte Engmann about the first Myranor novel ( memento from November 13, 2010 on WebCite ) on alveran.org.
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Engmann, Charlotte |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German writer |
DATE OF BIRTH | 16th September 1971 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Neuss |