Erik Boman is a writer based in Oxford, UK, where he shares a tiny house with his fiancée, two riotous daughters, a nutty dog and a sociopathic cat.
When the sun is up, he designs for a travel website. At night, he writes, or wants to.
His bookshelf is a tumultuous mess of speculative fiction, but at its epicentre are Neil Gaiman and William Gibson.
The keywords for anything he writes are 'not here' - he's a friend of any text that takes the reader out of this world, and away to other places. Sometimes even nice places.
Vengeful ghosts, stressed-out hitmen, thoughtful Samurai, and vampire hunts gone terribly wrong: This collection of short stories vary in setting and tone, but they all concern secrets.
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Erik Boman is a writer from Oxford. He was awarded the A.M. Heath literary prize in 2011.
In Kyoto, a modern-day businessman and a despairing samurai are separated by centuries – but joined by ancestry and a mutual watershed moment…
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Erik Boman is a writer from Oxford. He is the author of "Short Cuts" and was awarded the A.M. Heath literary prize in 2011.
In a treasured storybook, an invincible – or so he would’ve liked to think – hero faces challenges beyond his narrative...
Ca 2,280 words.
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Erik Boman is a writer from Oxford. He is the author of "Short Cuts" and was awarded the A.M. Heath literary prize in 2011.
In the near future, virtual images of ourselves can be stored, and death is not always the end of an relation. Lars’s deceased wife is stuck in an afterlife he and she never expected – but can he let her go?
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Erik Boman is a writer from Oxford. He is the author of "Short Cuts" and was awarded with the A.M. Heath literary prize in 2011.
In a busy downtown train station, a troubled woman leaves her morning train to walk to her job.
Hunting her from the shadows is a legendary but currently fuming and frustrated hitman, who is running late for the shot of his target’s life…
A racing and riotous short story about love, death and the unexpected. Ca 2,990 words
Following a chaotic business meeting, Liam flees the city for the quiet of a childhood beach.
Stuck in the rain, he discovers lost and precious memories - but his memories don't return alone...
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Erik Boman is a writer from Oxford. He is the author of "Short Cuts" and was awarded with the A.M. Heath literary prize in 2011.
During a stormy night, a wounded WW1 soldier arrives at a remote New Zealand spa. The refuge is a world away from the raging combat – but the battlefield will not give up its claims so easily…
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Erik Boman is a writer from Oxford. He is the author of "Short Cuts" and was awarded with the A.M. Heath literary prize in 2011.
On the London Underground, a librarian with a side interest in vampire myths debates with a group heading for a night out on town – but his spontaneous lecture has unforseen consequences…
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Erik Boman is a writer from Oxford. He is the author of "Short Cuts" and was awarded with the A.M. Heath literary prize in 2011.