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C.S.
Thompson is the President of the Cateran Society, an organization
devoted to researching and practicing the historic Gaelic martial
arts. He is a poet and translator, and an author of crime fiction,
horror, dark fantasy, and a manual on the use of the Highland
broadsword. He is a board member of the Fellowship for Celtic
Tradition LLC, and a member of the Celtic Martial Arts Research
Society. He is 30 years old, and lives in Portland, Maine, US.
Links:
http://www.noctiviganti.com
http://www.eternalnight.co.uk/books/t/thompsoncs.html
http://www.infinityplus.co.uk/nonfiction/deadgames.htm
http://www.infinityplus.co.uk/nonfiction/intjg.htm
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Then the Night
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In
the darkness of an abandoned building, Jim Rankin receives
an instruction from his masters in the otherworld: "Go
to Munro, Noctiviganti. You may wait in the dark no longer."
Munro is a city at war, where two factions of ruthless mobsters
battle for power and a mysterious girl named Asturiana hunts
for a secret from her past.
Jim
Rankin - occultist, detective, and killer - will, as ordered
by his masters, help her find what she is looking for. However,
Jim's only true loyalty is to the powers he serves, and
anyone who stands in the way of his prime objective will
be destroyed - even if that includes Asturiana herself.
Superbly
illustrated by Chase Arkham
Paperback
ISBN 1-904492-48-7 eBook ISBN 1-904492-56-8
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A
Season of Strange Dreams
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Jim
Rankin is Noctiviganti, a man who can visit other worlds
in his dreams. Five years ago he disappeared from his hometown,
Nottamun, unable to face the horrors he found there. Now
his masters are calling him back to Nottamun, a place where
black magic and gangsterism go hand in hand. The place where
he left the girl he loved, and where his mistake cost his
best friend's life.
Now
he must be prepared to sacrifice his own.
Paperback
ISBN 1-904224-58-X eBook ISBN 1-904224-57-1
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Review
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"An
astonishing tour de force of noir fantasy, characterized
by some of the most beautifully lyrical, atmospheric writing
I've come across in a long while. Chris Thompson skilfully
blends the mean streets with the streets of dreams in this
highly evocative concoction, offering the reader bafflement,
dazzlement, gritty hard-boiled realism, wonder and astonishment
in turn - but always delight. A Season of Strange Dreams
will remain in your mind long after you've turned the final
page."
John
Grant, co-editor of The Encyclopedia of Fantasy
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Other
Published Works:
Books:
Games Dead People Play - a collection of crime fiction
set in Nottamun, the fictional city featured in ASOSD.
City at the Edge of Night
- a collection of poetry.
The Flowers of Evil
- a translation of Baudelaire's Fleurs du Mal.
Lannaireachd: Gaelic Swordsmanship
- a training manual for the Highland basket-hilted broadsword.
Short
Stories
“Something Must Break” and “Hey, Joe. How’s
it Been?” are due to be published in upcoming volumes of
Underworlds Magazine.
“At the Crossroads” is due to be published in the anthology
“Strange Pleasures 3.”
“Mercy” will be published on the Infinity Plus web
site.
His poems have been published in Mythic Circle, Artemis Journal,
Pablo Lennis, Horn, and Talebones, and in the anthology Beyond
These Charted Realms.
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