​Tony Thorne MBE is an Englishman, born and technically educated in London, England, as a Chartered Design Engineer. He lives in Austria in summer and the Canary Island of Tenerife in winter. Earlier in life he, wrote science-fiction and humorous stories, was an active SF Fan, and a spare time lecturer for the British Interplanetary Society. For developments in the field of low temperature (cryo)surgery instruments, and very high temperature processing furnaces for carbon fibre, the Queen awarded him an MBE. After many subsequent business adventures, including the development of AI computer software for business applications, he is now an author of quirky speculative fiction; mostly tall Science Fiction and Macabre tales, with over 100 short stories published in many magazines, various collections, and many anthologies including eight from Whortleberry Press. His first novel, POINTS OF VIEW,was published by Eternal Press, Madison, Wisconsin, USA, and its two sequels, THE WEAPONS and THE AMERICAN CONNECTION, to be published later in 2018 are now available for reviewers. His best selling title, THE SINGULARITY IS COMING is published in English and Chinese versions. Much more information is as listed on his website: www.tonythornembe.com