Storm Constantine

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Storm Constantine (born October 12, 1956 in Stafford , England - † January 14, 2021 ) was a British fantasy and science fiction author, who was best known for her Wraeththu cycle.

Life

Since the late 1980s, Constantine has published over 20 novels and edited several non-fiction books. She has often participated in roundtables on alternative sexuality, gender representation in science fiction and fantasy. Many of her novels deal with same-sex relationships and hermaphrodites . Magic , mysticism and legends such as the Grigori are just as strongly represented in her work .

In 2003 she founded Immanion Press, based in Stafford . The publishing house not only publishes its own works, but also other British science fiction and fantasy writers.

She died on January 14, 2021 after a long illness at the age of 64, leaving behind her husband.

Awards

bibliography

Wraeththu Chronicles

Wraeththu Chronicles

  • 1 The Enchantments of Flesh and Spirit (1987)
    • German: The magic of flesh and spirit. Translated by Biggi Winter. Heyne SF&F # 5456, Munich 1996, ISBN 3-453-10956-2 . Also as: The magic of flesh and spirit. Translated by Marion Müller. Zauberfeder-Verlag, Braunschweig 2006, ISBN 3-938922-01-X .
  • 2 The Bewitchments of Love and Hate (1988)
    • German: Under the spell of love and hate. Translated by Biggi Winter. Heyne SF&F # 5457, Munich 1996, ISBN 3-453-10957-0 .
  • 3 The Fulfillments of Fate and Desire (1989)
    • German: The fulfillment of fate and desire. Translated by Biggi Winter. Heyne SF&F # 5458, Munich 1996, ISBN 3-453-10960-0 .
  • Wraeththu (collective edition from 1–3; 1993)
  • The Wraeththu Chronicles (collective edition from 1–3; 2006)

Wraeththu Histories

  • 1 The Wraiths of Will and Pleasure (2003)
  • 2 The Shades of Time and Memory (2004)
  • 3 The Ghosts of Blood and Innocence (2005)

Wraeththu myth

  • The Hienama: A Story of the Sulh (2005)
  • Student of Kyme (2008)
  • The Moonshawl (2014)

Grimoire Dehara

  • 1 Kaimana (2005)
  • 2 Ulani (2016, with Taylor Ellwood)
  • 3 Nahir Nuri (2017, with Taylor Ellwood)

Para Anthologies (with Wendy Darling)

  • 1 Paragenesis: Stories of the Dawn of Wraeththu (2010)
  • 2 Para Imminence: Stories of the Future of Wraeththu (2012)
  • 3 Para Kindred: Enigmas of Wraeththu (2014)
  • 4 Para Animalia: Creatures of Wraeththu (2016)
  • 5 Para Spectral: Hauntings of Wraeththu (2018)

Short stories:

  • Paragenesis (1998, short story in: Edward E. Kramer and James O'Barr (Eds.): Shattered Lives and Broken Dreams ; with Wendy Darling)
  • Beneath My Skin a Vein of You (2016, in: Storm Constantine and Wendy Darling (Eds.): Para Animalia: Creatures of Wraeththu )
  • Clouds Like Hair (2016, in: Storm Constantine and Wendy Darling (Eds.): Para Animalia: Creatures of Wraeththu )

Blood, the Phoenix and a Rose (short stories)

  • Half Sick of Shadows (2016, in: Storm Constantine: Blood, the Phoenix and a Rose: An Alchymical Triptych )
  • A Pyramid of Lions (2016, in: Storm Constantine: Blood, the Phoenix and a Rose: An Alchymical Triptych )
  • Song of the Cannibals (2016, in: Storm Constantine: Blood, the Phoenix and a Rose: An Alchymical Triptych )
  • Blood, the Phoenix and a Rose: An Alchymical Triptych (2016, collection)

Individual publications

  • A Raven Bound with Lilies (Collection, 2017)
  • Songs to Earth and Sky: Stories of the Seasons (Anthology, 2017)
  • Breathe, My Shadow (Novel, 2019)

Short stories

  • A Message in Ashes (2017, in: Storm Constantine: Songs to Earth and Sky: Stories of the Seasons )
  • The Old Fierce Pull of Blood (2017, in: Storm Constantine: Songs to Earth and Sky: Stories of the Seasons )
  • Solarisel's Covenant: A Sequel to Summer (2017, in: Storm Constantine: Songs to Earth and Sky: Stories of the Seasons )

Further series

Corinna Trogarden / Artemis

  • 1 The Monstrous Regiment (1990)
  • 2 Aleph (1991)

Grigori trilogy

  • 1 Stalking Tender Prey (1995)
  • 2 Scenting Hallowed Blood (1996)
  • 3 Stealing Sacred Fire (1997)

Magravandias Chronicles

  • 1 Sea Dragon Heir (1999)
  • 2 Crown of Silence (2000; also: The Crown of Silence , 2002)
  • 3 The Way of Light (2001)
  • The Face of Sekt (2000, short story in: Nancy Kilpatrick and Thomas S. Roche (Eds.): Graven Images: Fifteen Tales of Magic and Myth )

System of Khemetic Magic

  • 1 Coming Forth By Day (2019)

Novels

  • Hermetech (1991)
  • Burying the Shadow (1992)
    • German: Schattengräber. Translated by Christian Mähr. Heyne SF&F # 5336, Munich 1995, ISBN 3-453-08534-5 .
  • Sign for the Sacred (1993)
  • Calenture (1994)
  • The Thorn Boy (1999)
  • Bast and Sekhmet: Eyes of Ra (1999; with Eloise Coquio)
  • Thin Air (1999)
  • Silverheart (2000; with Michael Moorcock )
  • She (2018; with Andrew Collins)

Collections

  • Colurastes (1995)
  • Three Heralds of the Storm (1997)
  • The Oracle Lips (1999)
  • The Thorn Boy and Other Dreams of Dark Desire (2002)
  • Mythanima (2006)
  • Mythophidia (2008)
  • Mythangelus (2009)
  • Mytholumina (2010)
  • Mythanimus (2011)
  • Whatnots and Curios (2015)
  • Splinters of Truth (2016)
  • Mythumbra (2018)

Short stories

1988:

  • They Hunt ... (1988, in: Rob Meades and David B. Wake (Eds.): The Drabble Project )

1989:

  • The Pleasure Giver Taken (1989, in: David Garnett (Ed.): Zenith: The Best in New British Science Fiction )
  • As It Flows to the Sea… (1989, in: Caitlín Matthews and Rachel Pollack (Eds.): Tarot Tales )

1990:

  • The Time She Became (1990, in: David Garnett (Ed.): Zenith 2 )
  • Did You Ever See Oysters Walking Up the Stairs? (1990, in: Roz Kaveney (Ed.): More Tales From the Forbidden Planet )
  • Lacrymata ( Warhammer tale , 1990, in: David Pringle and Neil Jones (Eds.): Deathwing )
    • German: Lacrymata. Translated by Walter Brumm. In: Neil Jones and David Pringle (Eds.): Genräuber. Heyne SF&F # 5554, 1997, ISBN 3-453-12639-4 .
  • The Vitreous Suzerain (1990, in: The Gate, # 3 )
  • The Heart of Fairen De'ath (1990, in: Weird Tales, Winter 1990/1991 )
  • Last Came Assimilation (1990, in: David V. Barrett (Ed.): Digital Dreams )

1991:

  • By the River of If Only, in the Land of Might Have Been (in: Fear # 25, January 1991 )
  • Immaculate (1991, in: David Garnett (Ed.): New Worlds 1 )
  • The College Spirit (1991, in: Neil Gaiman and Alex Stewart (Eds.): Temps )
  • How Enlightenment Came to the Tower (1991, in: Scheherazade 2 )

1992:

  • The Deliveress (1992, in: Mary Gentle and Roz Kaveney (Eds.): Villains! )
  • Poisoning the Sea (1992, in: Brian Stableford (Ed.): The Dedalus Book of Femmes Fatales )
  • Priest of Hands (in: Interzone, # 58 April 1992 )
  • Built on Blood (in: Interzone, # 64 October 1992 )
  • Preservation (in: REM # 2, November 1992 )
  • A Change of Season (1992, in: Mary Gentle and Roz Kaveney (Eds.): The Weerde: Book 1 )
  • The Law of Being (1992, in: Alex Stewart (Ed.): Euro Temps )

1993:

  • The Green Calling (in: Interzone, # 73 July 1993 )

1994:

  • Sweet Bruising Skin (1994, in: Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling (Eds.): Black Thorn, White Rose )
  • Candle Magic (1994, in: Peter Crowther (Ed.): Blue Motel )

1995:

  • Blue Flame of a Candle (1995, in: Edward E. Kramer and Peter Crowther (Eds.): Tombs )

1996:

  • Return to Gehenna (1996, in: Peter Crowther and Edward E. Kramer (Eds.): Dante's Disciples )
  • Kiss Booties Night-Night (1996, in: Richard Glyn Jones (Ed.): Cybersex )
  • Remedy of the Bane (in: Realms of Fantasy, August 1996 )
  • Fire Born (in: Science Fiction Age, November 1996 )
  • Of a Cat, but Her Skin (1996, in: Ellen Datlow (Ed.): Twists of the Tale: Cat Horror Stories )
    • German: cat and fur. Translated by Joachim Körber . In: Ellen Datlow (Ed.): The great reading book of fantastic cat stories. Goldmann Fantasy # 24963, 2001, ISBN 3-442-24963-5 .
  • Dancer for the World's Death (1996)

1997:

  • The Rust Islands (in: Interzone, # 117 March 1997 )
  • The Oracle Lips (1997, in: Martin H. Greenberg and Lawrence Schimel (Eds.): The Fortune Teller )
  • Angel of the Hate Wind (1997, in: Peter Crowther (Ed.): Destination Unknown )
  • Such a Nice Girl (1997, in: Stephen Jones and David Sutton (Eds.): Dark Terrors 3: The Gollancz Book of Horror )

1998:

  • My Lady of the Hearth (1998, in: Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling (Eds.): Sirens and Other Daemon Lovers )
  • Night's Damozel (in: Interzone, # 138 December 1998 ; with Eloise Coquio)

1999:

  • Curse of the Snake (1999, in: Storm Constantine: The Oracle Lips )
  • The Feet, They Dance (1999, in: Storm Constantine: The Oracle Lips )
  • God Be with You (1999, in: Storm Constantine: The Oracle Lips )
  • Heir to a Tendency (1999, in: Storm Constantine: The Oracle Lips )
  • Nocturne: The Twilight Community (1999, in: Storm Constantine: The Oracle Lips )
  • Panquilia in the Ruins (1999, in: Storm Constantine: The Oracle Lips )
  • The Thorn Boy (1999)

2001:

  • Joy in Desire (2001, in: MPN Sims, LH Maynard and David J. Howe (Eds.): F20 Two )
  • Just His Type (2001, in: Stephen Jones (Ed.): The Mammoth Book of Vampire Stories by Women )

2002:

  • The Island of Desire (2002, in: Storm Constantine: The Thorn Boy and Other Dreams of Dark Desire )
  • Living with the Angel (2002, in: Storm Constantine: The Thorn Boy and Other Dreams of Dark Desire )
  • The Nothing Child (2002, in: Storm Constantine: The Thorn Boy and Other Dreams of Dark Desire )
  • Spinning for Gold (2002, in: Storm Constantine: The Thorn Boy and Other Dreams of Dark Desire )
  • The Thorn Boy (2002, in: Storm Constantine: The Thorn Boy and Other Dreams of Dark Desire )
  • The True Destiny of the Heir to Emiraldra (2002, in: Storm Constantine: The Thorn Boy and Other Dreams of Dark Desire )

2006:

  • An Old Passion (2006, in: Alison LR Davies (Ed.): Shrouded by Darkness: Tales of Terror )

2008:

  • Owl Speak (2008, in: Ian Whates (Ed.): Myth-Understandings )

2010:

  • The Germ of Life (2010, in: Storm Constantine: Mytholumina )
  • So What's Forever (2010, in: Storm Constantine: Mytholumina )
  • Time Beginning at Break of Day (2010, in: Storm Constantine: Mytholumina )
  • Where the Vampires Live (2010, in: Ian Whates (Ed.): The Bitten Word )

2012:

  • Do as Thou Wilt (2012, in: Jonathan Oliver (Ed.): Magic: An Anthology of the Esoteric and Arcane )

2013:

  • The Drake Lords of Kyla (2013, in: Ian Whates (Ed.): Legends: Stories in Honor of David Gemmell )
  • The Order of Scales (2013, in: Allen Ashley (Ed.): Astrologica: Stories of the Zodiac )
  • Long Indeed Do We Live… (2013, in: Ian Whates (Ed.): Looking Landwards: Stories Commemorating the 75th Anniversary of the Institution of Agricultural Engineers )

2014:

  • A Winter Bewitchment (2014, in: Ian Whates (Ed.): La Femme )

2015:

  • At the Sign of the Leering Angel (in: Dark Discoveries # 30, Winter 2015 )
  • The Saint's Well (2015, in: David V. Barrett (Ed.): Tales from the Vatican Vaults )
  • In Exile (2015, in: Storm Constantine: Night's Nieces: The Legacy of Tanith Lee )
  • In the Earth (2015, in: Allen Ashley (Ed.): Creeping Crawlers )

2016:

  • Colin's Cough (2016, in: Storm Constantine: Splinters of Truth )
  • The Farmer's Bride (2016, in: Storm Constantine: Splinters of Truth )
  • The Fool's Path (2016, in: Storm Constantine: Splinters of Truth )
  • Haven (2016, in: Storm Constantine: Splinters of Truth )
  • The Order of the Scales (2016, in: Storm Constantine: Splinters of Truth )
  • Spirit of Place (2016, in: Storm Constantine: Splinters of Truth )
  • A Tour of the House (2016, in: Storm Constantine: Splinters of Truth )
  • Violet's House, or Songs the Martyrs Sang (2016, in: Storm Constantine: Splinters of Truth )
  • From the Cold Dark Sea (2016, in: Lynne Jamneck (Ed.): Dreams from the Witch House: Female Voices of Lovecraftian Horror )
  • The Secret Gallery (2016, in: Storm Constantine and Paul Houghton (Eds.): Dark in the Day )

2017:

  • When He Comes Home Through the Snow (2017, in: Storm Constantine: The Darkest Midnight in December: Ghost Stories for the Winter Season )

2018:

  • The Foretelling (2018, in: Storm Constantine: Mythumbra )
  • Master of None (2018, in: Storm Constantine: Mythumbra )
  • Down Into Silence (2018, in: Doug Draa (Ed.): What October Brings: A Lovecraftian Celebration of Halloween )
  • Bone Fire (2018, in: Stephen Jones (Ed.): The Mammoth Book of Halloween Stories )
  • La Ténébreuse (2018, in: Peter Coleborn and Jan Edwards (Eds.): The Alchemy Press Book of Horrors )

Anthologies

  • What a Long Strange Trip It's Been (2011)
  • Night's Nieces: The Legacy of Tanith Lee (2015)
  • Dark in the Day (2016; with Paul Houghton)
  • The Darkest Midnight in December: Ghost Stories for the Winter Season (2017)
  • Visionary Tongue (2017)

Non-fiction

  • When the Angels Came (1992)
  • The Inward Revolution (1998; with Deborah Benstead)
  • Bast and Sekhmet: Eyes of Ra (1999; with Eloise Coquio)
  • Egyptian Birth Signs (2002)
  • Pop Culture Magick (2004; with Taylor Elwood)
  • Sekhem Heka: A Natural Healing and Self-Development System (2008)

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Macmillan Books. "Authors Biography: Story Constantine"
  2. ↑ Immanion Press
personal data
SURNAME Constantine, Storm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British author of science fiction and fantasy books
DATE OF BIRTH October 12, 1956
PLACE OF BIRTH Stafford
DATE OF DEATH January 14, 2021