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After Floris Kleijne's birth in Amsterdam in 1970, nothing of consequence happened to him until 2001, when he traded his mother's tongue for the English language. (His mother still resents the trade and hasn't spoken to him since.) Since 2001, he's published stories - some of them award winning - in publications ranging from PseudoPod to Writers of the Future anthologies. Stories about space travel, time travel, an axe murderess, people with gills, and (though he's happily married) a naked man in a cage. His first novel, a road movie with werewolves cast as the good guys is only five rewrites, an agent and a publisher from becoming a bestseller. Floris like to claim he likes writing as much as RealLife, but the truth is he loves both with equal passion.
Floris Kleijne's website
Floris Kleijne's blog
The Scottish author Iain M. Banks (a pseudonym, oddly enough, of Iain Banks) writes exquisite science fiction and is a master at hooking readers with intriguing prologue, asynchronous storytelling, point-of-view switches and convoluted, wildly imaginative, and ultimately satisfying plots. I couldn't write a story in chronological order to save my life, and I blame Banks.
What was your first published work, and what did you do to celebrate it?
Shortly after I gave up on trying to sell stories in my native tongue (Dutch), I wrote a short suspense story "Deep Red." Having no idea how to go about marketing it, I discovered something called "Writer's Market" and used that to select a magazine for the story more or less at random. Much to my astonishment, the submission met with immediate success. I celebrated modestly, mainly by keeping my head in the clouds for about three weeks. My friends, who knew how important this was to me, celebrated for me by buying me a wine-red ten-speed for my birthday and stenciling "Deep Red" on the frame.
Ask Floris a question
Sweet, mentally challenged Toby has simple desires: collecting pretty Coke bottles, eating steamed dumplings at the Chinese restaurant, and collecting the trophies he keeps in his secret place under the park bandstand. But then, a very angry man tries to take his trophies back.
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Other Stories
Deep Red, Futures Mystery Anthology Magazine (2003), reprinted at AnotherRealm.com and PseudoPod
Conversation with a Mechanical Horse, Writers of the Future, XX (2004)
Meeting the Sculptor, Writers of the Future, XXI (2005)
Beans and Marbles, Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine (2005), reprinted on EscapePod (2008)
Diamond Sharks, Leading Edge Magazine (2008)