Łukasz Orbitowski
Łukasz Orbitowski (born 26 October 1977) is a Polish essayist and fantasy and horror writer. As of April 2012 he has published six novels and numerous short stories, collected in four anthologies.

Biography
Orbitowski is alumnus of the Jagiellonian University, with a degree in philosophy.

He debuted in 1999 with a short story anthology, Złe Wybrzeża. His debut in fantasy genre was with the 2001 story Diabeł na Jabol Hill in the first issue of the Polish magazine Science Fiction. In addition to Science Fiction, his stories have appeared in Machina, Nowa Fantastyka and the Polish edition of Playboy. Most of his works fall in the fantasy and horror genre, although he has published one children's book (Prezes i Kreska).

He is a co-author of the script for the CG movie by Tomasz Bagiński about the Warsaw Uprising, Hardkor'44. He also developed the role-playing game Bakemono.

He also publishes essays in the Przekrój magazine (from 2006–2008, and from 2010 till present). Orbitowski identifies as an atheist.

Reception
His 2007 novel Tracę ciepło has been nominated for the Janusz A. Zajdel Award. This novel has also received the Krakowska Książka Miesiąca (Kraków Book of the Month) award.

Maciej Robert in the Życie Warszawy newspaper has noted that Orbitowski is "developing into a Polish Stephen King."

He was one of the pioneers of horror stories set in mundane Polish backgrounds, in the modern cities of Kraków, Warsaw and Wrocław.

Works
As of April 2012, Orbitowski has published six novels and numerous short stories, collected in four anthologies. Two more novels are officially planned, one with a release date for 2012, one not yet announced.

Since 2010, Orbitowski's novel Warszawiacy is being published online in installments.

 Złe Wybrzeża – short story anthology, Związek Literatów Polskich 1999
 Szeroki, głęboki, wymalować wszystko – short story anthology, Ha!art 2001
 Wigilijne psy – short story anthology, Editio 2005
 Horror show, Ha!art 2006
 Tracę ciepło, Wydawnictwo Literackie 2007
 Pies i klecha, t. 1. Przeciwko wszystkim, Fabryka Słów 2007, with Jarosław Urbaniuk
 Prezes i Kreska. Jak koty tłumaczą sobie świat, Powergraph 2008
 Pies i klecha, t. 2. Tancerz, Fabryka Słów 2008, with Jarosław Urbaniuk
 Święty Wrocław, Wydawnictwo Literackie 2009
 Nadchodzi – short story anthology, Wydawnictwo Literackie 2010
 Widma, Wydawnictwo Literackie 2012
 Ogień, Narodowe Centrum Kultury 2012
 Szczęśliwa ziemia, Wydawnictwo SQN 2013
 Rękopis znaleziony w gardle – short story anthology, BookRage 2014
 Zapiski Nosorożca. Moja podróż po drogach, bezdrożach i legendach Afryki, Wydawnictwo SQN 2014
 Inna dusza, Od Deski Do Deski 2015
 Rzeczy utracone, Zwierciadło 2017
 Exodus, Wydawnictwo SQN 2017
 Kult, Świat Książki 2019
 Chodź ze mną, Świat Książki 2022

References

External links

 Official homepage
 2007 interview at horror.pl
 2008 interview at Katedra
 2009 radio interview, NINA

1977 births
Polish fantasy writers
Polish horror writers
Living people
Polish atheists