Brian Howell

Brian Howell (born 1961) ^[1] is a British author and teacher living and working near Tokyo, Japan. ^[2] He has published three novels and one short story collection since 1990. His first novel, The Dance of Geometry, and his first collection, The Sound of White Ants, were both reviewed favourably by Toby Lichtig in The London Magazine. ^[3] His novels focus on Dutch seventeenth-century painters with an interest in optical devices. His stories have elements of the weird, fantasy, and magical realism.

Novels

• The Dance of Geometry, The Toby Press, 2002
• The Curious Case of Jan Torrentius, Zagava (Düsseldorf, Germany), 2017 ^[4]
• Sight Unseen, Zagava, 2019

Collections

• The Sound of White Ants, Elastic Press, 2004
• The Stream and The Torrent: The Curious Case of Jan Torrentius and The Followers of the Rosy Cross, Vol.1, Zagava (Düsseldorf, Germany), 2014 [An earlier collection of novellas which later appeared in a slightly different format in the 2017 novel, The Curious Case of Jan Torrentius. ^[5]

• The Man Who Loved Kuras, Salt, 2022.

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Selected other fiction

• The Vanishing Point, Darklands 1, Hodder, UK, 1991
• A Friend in the Country, The European , 1993
• Dutch Interior, Panurge 19, 1993
• The Window, Critical Quarterly, 1993
• Meeting Julie Christie, Time Out Net Books, 1995
• Green To Blue, The Third Alternative, 2000
• New York Movie, Linnaean Street, 2002
• The Removal, Carriage House Review, 2002
• Alsiso, The Alsiso Project, 2004
• Indulgence, Smokelong Quarterly, 2004
• Disappearing, FRIGG, 2005
• The Counterfeit Smile, The Paumanok Review, 2005
• The Study of Sleep, eNovella, Wind River Press, 2005
• The Transfer, Night Train, 2008
• The Sermon, Night Train, 2008
• The Tower, Elasticity: The Best of Elastic Press, ed. Andrew Hook, 2017
• The Shore, Infra Noir, 2018
• The Mask, Milk, 2017 (reprinted in Best British Short Stories 2018, ed. Nicholas Royle, 2018 ^[7]

References

1. "Howell, Brian, 1961-". id.loc.gov. Retrieved November 19, 2021.
2. "NewCon Press - Authors". www.newconpress.co.uk.
3. Lichtig, Toby (April–May 2003). "Clever Observations [review on Brian Howell]". London Magazine: 104–105.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
4. Megan Pearson (2018). "Curious Case of Jan Torrentius Review". Seventeenth-Century News.
5. "Start - ZAGAVA". www.zagava.de.
6. https://www.saltpublishing.com/collections/brian-howell/products/the-man-who-loved-kuras-and-other-stories-9781784632618
7. "Best British Short Stories 2018". Salt.

External links

• Article on Vermeer-inspired novels
• Historical Novel Society review of The Dance of Geometry
• Review of The Curious Case of Jan Torrentius in Seventeenth Century News
• Author interview on Bibliophage website