About the author

Mark Buchignani

An avid reader of literary fiction, fantasy, and science fiction, I have more ‘favorite’ authors than I can count, among them George R. Stewart, John Wain, Martin Amis, John Steinbeck, Margaret Atwood, Nicholson Baker, Richard Flanagan… The tip of the iceberg.&nbsp; Novels of my own began spilling out in 2005, resulting in, among others, <em>MTee’s Lament</em>, a twist on a post-apocalyptic tale.&nbsp; Many more narratives followed.&nbsp; Some are published here; others languish behind “fair use” entanglements.<br>&nbsp;<br>My stuff tends toward societal commentary, presented via normal people who find themselves in unexpected, offbeat, or abnormal circumstances – circumstances replete with threatened or actual upheaval.&nbsp; The choices these folks make move the action forward and expose brokenness in the culture and in the actors themselves.<br>&nbsp;<br>I’m also a huge Tolkien fan and have written volume one of a loosely-planned five-book set: <em>The Recitation of Ooon</em>.&nbsp; Though in the same genre as Lord the Rings, Ooon is definitely not Middle Earth, and there are no Hobbits.&nbsp; Just people trying to find their way while engulfed in a magical upheaval driven by a clash between followers of the ancient ways and those seeking a new, less-fettered life.&nbsp; The narrator is a thousand-year-old man, trying to see forward, while looking back, as his existence comes to a pre-destined end.<br>&nbsp;<br>And I have devoured everything Theodore Sturgeon and quite a bit of old school SF.&nbsp; Though I have yet to draft anything within this genre, ideas continually percolate.