Forrest Aguirre


Biography

Forrest Aguirre's fiction has appeared in over fifty venues in both speculative and literary venues. His work has appeared in Asimov's, Postscripts, American Letters & Commentary, Gargoyle, Exquisite Corpse, and Apex Magazine, among many other magazines and anthologies. His work has received several honorable mentions in various Year's Best anthologies, and has been shortlisted for the StorySouth Million Writers Award. His first collection of short fiction, Fugue XXIX, is published by Raw Dog Screaming Press. Forrest is also a World Fantasy Award recipient and Philip K. Dick Award finalist for his editing of the Leviathan 3 anthology with co-editor Jeff VanderMeer. Forrest lives in Madison, Wisconsin.

Books

The Butterfly Artist    by Forrest Aguirre
Price: Free! 7520 words. Published on February 2, 2012. Fiction.

In a bizarre post-apocalyptic Africa, Chadwick Giles, a recent arrival from the north countries, navigates his way through social strictures, a mutant uprising, and a cultic religious revival, learning to create art from love and life. Giles discovers that there is much to gain through loss, though the rewards are nothing like those he expected or desired.
Archangel Morpheus    by Forrest Aguirre
Price: $0.99 USD. 36260 words. Published on January 28, 2012. Fiction.

In the ruins of Post-World War I Europe, Jeffrey Allbright begins the search for his missing twin. His journey will take him from the battlefields of France, across the deserts of Morocco, to the realm of Archangel Morpheus, god of Dreams, on the borderlands between heaven and hell. A surreal quest into the dreamlands, where death, time, and sanity cannot stop one driven by hope and love.

Forrest Aguirre’s tag cloud

adventure    africa    angels    art    brothers    burroughs    colonialism    demons    dreams    dreams and reality    fantasy    france    imperialism    morocco    post apocalypse    postapocalyptic    quest    surreal    surreal fantasy    world war    world war 1