Tobias Bachmann

Tobias Bachmann (born November 25, 1977 in Erlangen ) is a German writer and musician.

Life

Bachmann first learned the profession of curative educator, later worked as a musician and freelance author.

In 1998 his first book was published by the small publisher Goblin Press . He mainly writes dark fantasy , but is mostly associated with the horror and science fiction genre, and he also writes crime novels and thrillers .

In 2010 he took part in the literary experiment Hinterland published by Karla Schmidt , an anthology published by Wurdack , for which 20 authors wrote science fiction stories based on music by David Bowie .

In 2011 he founded the Betz-Bachmann Syndrome as a pianist with the guitarist Florian Betz , which moves musically between jazz , dark wave and avant-garde . The musicians themselves describe their music as experimental soundscapes in which music and literature are interwoven. In 2014 the debut album "Der Ruf des Nachtmahrs" was released. In the same year, the duo expanded to a trio with Jupp Colt on bass.

Tobias Bachmann is a member of the Fantastic Authors Network (PAN).

Awards

In 2010, the novel Dagons Erben was awarded the Vincent Prize for the best German-language horror novel of 2009.

The story The Last Telephone Booth from the Hinterland anthology was nominated for the German Science Fiction Prize in 2011 .

In 2017, the limited edition Liebesgrüße aus Arkham was awarded the Vincent Prize for the best story collection of the year.

Works (selection)

Books

• The rest after death. Novel. MG Verlag, Plaidt 2003, ISBN 3-931164-59-4 .
• Novalis' dream. Stories. Atlantis Verlag, Stolberg 2006, ISBN 3-936742-47-2 .
• Auspices. A fantastic evening. Novellas. MG Verlag, Plaidt 2007, ISBN 978-3-931164-40-9 .
• The play of ornaments. Novel. Eloy Edictions, Augsburg 2007, ISBN 978-3-938411-30-8 .
• with Markus K. Korb: The Arkham Sanatorium. Novel. Atlantis Verlag, Stolberg 2007, ISBN 978-3-936742-78-7 .
• Kaleidoscope of the soul. Retrospective 1993-2007. Stories. Atlantis Verlag, Stolberg 2008, ISBN 978-3-936742-75-6 .
• Dagon's heirs. Novel. Basilisk Verlag, Reichelsheim 2009, ISBN 978-3-935706-39-1 .
• with Sören Prescher : Sherlock Holmes goes underground. Novel. Fabylon Verlag, Markt Rettenbach 2012, ISBN 978-3-927071-76-6 .
• Succubus - Deadly Passion. Novel. Elysion-Books, Leipzig 2014, ISBN 978-3-942602-55-6 .
• Dreamed dead. Novel. Oldigor Verlag, Rhede 2015, ISBN 978-3-95815-079-9 .
• With love from Arkham. Stories. Edition CL, 2016, Bischofswerda 2016, without ISBN, limited to 100 copies.
• Innsmouth Harlequin . Novella. Arcanum Fantasy Verlag, Bickenbach 2018, without ISBN.
• Mind . Novella. Bastei Verlag, Cologne 2019, ISBN 978-3-7325-8317-1 .
• Gynoid . Novel. Fabylon Verlag, Markt Rettenbach 2019, ISBN 978-3-927071-92-6

stories

• The imagination of reality. In: Bernd Flessner (Ed.): Travel to the planet Franconia . Verlag Ph.CW Schmidt, Neustadt / Aisch 2001, ISBN 3-87707-582-7 .
• Doctor Ambrosius' institution. In: Markus K. Korb (ed.): Beyond the house of Usher . Blitz Verlag, Windeck 2002, ISBN 3-89840-852-3 .
• The missing hour. In: Helmuth W. Mommers (ed.): The legend of Eden . Shayol Verlag, Berlin 2005, ISBN 3-926126-52-3 .
• The downfall of the city of Erlangen. In: Bernd Flessner (Ed.): Return to the planet Franconia . Verlag Ph.CW Schmidt, Neustadt / Aisch 2006, ISBN 3-87707-672-6 .
• The man who lit the candles. In: Sven Kössler, Werner Placho (Ed.): Liberate Me . Eloy Edictions, Augsburg 2006, ISBN 3-938411-10-4 .
• The sound cathedral. In: Walter Diociaiuti (Ed.): Masters of Unreality . Eloy Edictions, Augsburg 2007, ISBN 978-3-938411-12-4 .
• Hubris. In: David Grashoff (Ed.): Disturbania. Fantastic short stories from the big city . Atlantis-Verlag, Stolberg 2008, ISBN 978-3-936742-46-6 .
• The last phone booth. In: Karla Schmidt (Ed.): Hinterland. 20 stories inspired by the music of David Bowie . Wurdack, Nittendorf 2010, ISBN 978-3-938065-69-3 .
• The infestation. In: Bernd Flessner (Ed.): Expeditions to the planet Franconia . Verlag Ph.CWSchmidt, Neustadt / Aisch 2012, ISBN 978-3-87707-858-7 .
• Kadath. In: Uwe Voehl (Ed.): Kingsport - A travel guide . Basilisk Verlag, Reichelsheim 2014, ISBN 978-3-935706-80-3 .
• The conduct. In: Steffen Janssen (Ed.): Diabolos MMXIV . Luzifer Verlag, Bochum 2014, ISBN 978-3-943408-25-6 .
• with Markus K. Korb: The room in Venice. In: Christian Sidjani (Ed.): Horror Legionen Volume 2 . Amrûn Verlag, Traunstein 2014, ISBN 978-3-944729-70-1 .
• Barefoot over glass. In: Constantin Dupien (Ed.): Defective copies: Haunted . Amrûn Verlag, Traunstein 2015, ISBN 978-3-95869-058-5 .

music

• Betz-Bachmann Syndrome: The Call of the Nightmare. Oomoxx-Media, 2014.
• Dark Poet: End times . Create Space, 2016.

Web links

• Website by Tobias Bachmann
• Literature by and about Tobias Bachmann in the catalog of the German National Library
• Tobias Bachmann in the Internet Speculative Fiction Database (English)
• Betz-Bachmann Syndrome website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Author entry at PAN