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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.

Where to find Forrest Aguirre online

Blog: http://forrestaguirre.blogspot.com/

Books

Swans Over the Moon by
Price: $1.99 USD. Words: 18,990. Language: English. Published: July 5, 2012 . Categories: Fiction » Fantasy » General, Fiction » Science fiction » Steampunk & retropunk
(5.00 from 1 review)
Judicar Parmour Pelevin rules the ancient kingdom of Procellarium on the environmentally decimated desert moon of a blue world. His stubborn insistence on establishing order, in the name of upholding ancient tradition, sets his own family’s swords against him. But is tradition strong enough to contain the chaos that erupts all around him and throughout his kingdom?
Fossiloctopus by
Price: $1.99 USD. Words: 16,980. Language: English. Published: May 11, 2012 . Categories: Fiction » Fantasy » Short stories, Fiction » Literature » Literary
A strange and unsettling collection of short fiction from World Fantasy Award-winning editor and author Forrest Aguirre. Explore this bizzare cabinet of curiosities culled from the pages of such places as 3rd Bed, Gargoyle, American Letters & Commentary, Diagram, Exquisite Corpse, and others. Open the door to a museum of surreal curiosities and stare into the eyes of the Fossiloctopus!
An Apotheosis by
Price: Free! Words: 3,190. Language: English. Published: March 24, 2012 . Categories: Fiction » Fantasy » General, Fiction » Historical » Renaissance
(4.00 from 1 review)
Angel or madman? The greatest swordsman of his day contemplates his victories and defeats as he prepares to step off into the great unknown of apotheosis.
Cloaks of Vermin and Fish by
Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 28,400. Language: English. Published: March 13, 2012 . Categories: Fiction » Fantasy » General, Fiction » Humor & comedy » General
Twins, thieves, and idiots, Italo and Vincenzo are drawn into a complex web of intrigue that would baffle and befuddle smarter men, but not these twins! Follow Italo and Vincenzo as they stumble on to a dark cult bent on destroying Renaissance Venice and find themselves in the middle of a feud between Venice’s Assassins’ and Thieves’ guild. Will dumb luck be enough to save the city? Find out!
The Butterfly Artist by
Price: Free! Words: 7,520. Language: English. Published: February 2, 2012 . Categories: Fiction » Fantasy » Short stories
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
Price: $1.99 USD. Words: 36,260. Language: English. Published: January 28, 2012 . Categories: Fiction » Fantasy » General
(4.00 from 1 review)
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.

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