AUTHORS
Authors at Fictitious Books fibs come from a variety of cultures and backgrounds, some real, some imaginary. Their identities are as elusive as their narratives. What they all share without exception is a genuine passion for writing. Each of them hopes that you will find their stories entertaining, intriguing and memorable. As founder of Fictitious Books I offer the following brief insights into the personalities of the fibs authors:
Zeb Solitanu no longer knows who he is. Since the new regime was installed in Globopolis, he’s been forced to accept an alternative identity that he rejects. Between bouts of exhilaration and suicidal depression, he writes Solitanu’s Blog for Fictitious Books. He’s looking all the time to break free and make contact with the inhabitants of Outer Neblus. Check out Solitanu’s Blog at ZSol
Odette Chesnay remains a mystery even to herself. Half French, half English, she can’t make up her mind where she belongs or which language suits her best. Her short stories echo her rootlessness and uncertain cultural identity as a fibs author.
Lucy Engellis is an aspiring actress. She likes the idea of pretending to be someone radically different. From time to time she writes plays for Fictitious Books about imaginary people in impossible situations.
George Ithaka is an unrepentant revolutionary with one eye on publishing his writings at Fictitious Books. His imagination is fired by hopes of far-reaching social change. Until the revolution arrives, he is committed to writing novels in suburbia and fraternising with dissident groups in Paris and Athens.
Scarlett Moonstone likes to remain an enigma. To add mystery and complexity to her persona, she reshaped her identity as a fibs short storyteller. The imaginary tales that she writes for Fictitious Books focus on ordinary people whose lives are transformed by extraordinary events.
Naomi Quicke is an incurable romantic. Her character constantly shifts gear between excitement and disillusionment. She was commissioned by Fictitious Books to write short stories that reflect her quixotic emotional instability.
Sienna Roxlade is convinced that she was a notorious celebrity in a previous life. A fervent belief in her own future reincarnation as an acclaimed writer compensates for the anonymity of her present existence. She produces short stories for Fictitious Books about her imagined multiple lives.
Michael Scriven is an author who used to write books on Jean-Paul Sartre. After years of alienation, existential angst and ideological uncertainty, he made the decision to opt for the imaginary and reinvent himself as a storyteller.
Michael Scriven is the founder of Fictitious Books fibs creative online fiction. At fibs he publishes imaginative tales under a variety of pen names.
Marec Slivenich is fascinated by the seemingly limitless creative possibilities of the internet. As a fibs author, he prefers the alternative existence of cyberspace to the dispiriting world of everyday life. His writings for Fictitious Books are a curious mixture of reality and the hyperreal.
Isobel Vellacott was disappointed when she grew up. She much prefers the enchantment of childhood. Her written contributions to Fictitious Books reflect her desire to escape from the reality of an adult world and see life instead as a fantasy.
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Read the Fictitious Books Murder Mystery for an insight into the personalities of 10 phantom fibs authors
Go to ZSol to read Solitanu’s Blog
Go to Zeb Solitanu to read Anticlockwise Journal
Go to Scarlett Moonstone for Short Stories
Go to Lucy Engellis for Drama
Go to Isobel Vellacott for Fantasy
Go to Michael Scriven and George Ithaka for Novels
Go to Michael Scriven for Podcasts
Go to Michael Scriven for Essays
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FICTITIOUS BOOKS AUTHORS