Brendan Connell (born 1970) is an American author and translator. Though his work often falls into the horror and fantasy genres, it has also often been called unclassifiable and avant-garde.[1][2] His style has been compared to that of J.K. Huysmans[3] and Angela Carter.[4] Some of his shorter fiction, such as that contained in his collection Metrophilias, has been referred to as prose poetry.[5]

Influences he has cited include Balzac and Ponson du Terrail.[6] He has also written many lyrics for the Serbian band Kodagain.[6]

Bibliography

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Novels

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  • The Translation of Father Torturo, Prime Books, 2005
  • The Architect, PS Publishing, 2012
  • Miss Homicide Plays the Flute, Eibonvale Press, 2013
  • The Cutest Girl in Class, Snuggly Books, 2013
  • The Galaxy Club, Chomu Press, 2014
  • Cannibals of West Papua, Zagava, 2015
  • Clark, Snuggly Books, 2016
  • The Heel, Snuggly Books, 2017
  • Unofficial History of Pi Wei, Snuggly Books, 2018
  • The Metapheromenoi, Snuggly Books, 2020
  • Against the Grain Again: The Further Adventures of Des Esseintes, Tartarus Press, 2021
  • Heqet, Egaeus Press, 2022

Collections

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  • Metrophilias, Better Non Sequitur, 2010
  • Unpleasant Tales, Eibonvale Press, 2010
  • The Life of Polycrates and Other Stories for Antiquated Children, Chomu Press, 2011
  • Lives of Notorious Cooks, Chomu Press, 2012
  • The Metanatural Adventures of Dr. Black, PS Publishing, 2014
  • Jottings from a Far Away Place, Snuggly Books, 2015
  • Pleasant Tales, Eibonvale Press, 2017

Translations

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  • Requiems and Nightmares, by Guido Gozzano, Hieroglyphic Press, 2012 (translated together with Anna Fonti Connell)

Anthologies edited

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  • The Neo-Decadent Cookbook, Eibonvale Press, 2020 (edited together with Justin Isis)
  • The World in Violet: An Anthology of English Decadent Poetry, Snuggly Books, 2022

Interviews

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References

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  1. ^ "THE LIFE OF POLYCRATES by Brendan Connell--Fright.com review". www.fright.com.
  2. ^ "MISS HOMICIDE PLAYS THE FLUTE by BRENDAN CONNELL--Fright.com review". www.fright.com.
  3. ^ Metrophilias, introduction by Daniel Corrick
  4. ^ "Jeff VanderMeer interviewed - infinity plus non-fiction". www.infinityplus.co.uk.
  5. ^ "Fiction Book Review: Metrophilias by Brendan Connell. Snuggly, $12.50 ISBN 978-1-943813-07-0".
  6. ^ a b "An interview with Brendan Connell". www.risingshadow.net.
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