Paul Evanby is the author of several novels — among them the critically acclaimed ‘Scrypturist’ books. He also writes short fiction.
I am pleased to announce that my novelette Utrechtenaar has received an Honorable Mention in Gardner Dozois' The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-Third Annual Collection.
My novelette ‘Utrechtenaar’ has by now been selected for inclusion in the Lethe Press anthology Wilde Stories 2016: The Year's Best Gay Speculative Fiction.
My novelette ‘Utrechtenaar’ has appeared at Strange Horizons, in two parts. There is also an audio version available as podcast. For lovers of historical fantasy, this is my attempt to tell part of a story which has been hidden for a long time, covered up by a society which did not want to hear such stories — a history which has only recently received more attention.
The beautiful artwork is by Vlada Monakhova.
A new interview with me has appeared in Fantasy Faction webzine. There was already an article on Dutch Fantasy (which is quite groundbreaking in its own right, so go read it!), and in this game of questions and answers I talk about writing fantasy & SF in the Netherlands in general, and about my own work in particular.
Dutch news flash! My novels have been available as e-books with Adobe digital rights management for some time now. This month, Meulenhoff Boekerij has taken the bold step of replacing this by a form of ‘social DRM’: a personalised watermark in the EPUB files.
My story ‘Mannikin’ has appeared in Interzone #229. It is somewhat steampunk-themed, although the setting actually predates the rise of the steam engine. Anyone looking for a label might perhaps want to consider using sailpunk, referring to the Age of Sail.
On April 24th and 25th, the 10th edition of the Elf Fantasy Fair took place at Castle De Haar in Haarzuilens, The Netherlands. This is the largest event of its kind in The Netherlands. The organisation had courageously invited me as a VIP guest. So I signed books, did two interviews and was on the Roly Show, along with authors Michael Peinkofer and Paul Hoffman, and two actors from the Harry Potter movies.
An interesting weekend. I took a few pictures — the least abominable of these are shown below.
Mauric Dystergrove is one of Revantine's best Writers. On request he writes entire worlds, great spells or simple protections. Until a stranger arrives in town, his skin covered in an unknown script, on the run from a dark past. His desperate search for a secret book convinces Mauric of one thing: nothing will ever be the same again — not even if they succeed in preventing the unimaginable disaster which threatens to destroy the world.
The Scrypturist is a convincing and mature fantasy debut by an award-winning Dutch author with an original voice, rich language and convincing characters. Inventive, tightly plotted and with ingenious magic — The Scrypturist is the first part of an epic tale about a world on the brink of a revolution.
Available in Dutch: September 2009. Please check back for information on foreign-language rights.