David Barnett (writer) explained

David Barnett (born 11 January 1970) is an English journalist and author. He began his journalism career in local newspapers, first the Wigan Observer and Chorley Guardian before moving on to the Lancashire Evening Post. He caught the tail-end of the era of typewriters before newsrooms replaced them with computers.^[1]

He has several published books, including Hinterland (Immanion Press, 2005, re-issued 2008), Angelglass (Immanion Press, 2007) and The Janus House and Other Two-Faced Tales (Immanion Press, 2009). Born in Wigan, Lancashire, England, he has worked at the Telegraph & Argus.

Bibliography

Novels

• Hinterland (Immanion Press, 1 April 2005; paperback)
• Angelglass (Immanion Press, 15 November 2007; paperback)
• The Janus House and Other Two-Faced Tales (Immanion Press, 24 December 2009; paperback)
• popCULT! (Pendragon Press, 31 March 2011, paperback)
• Gideon Smith and the Mechanical Girl (Tor Books, September 10, 2013,)
• Gideon Smith and the Brass Dragon (Tor Books, September 16, 2014,)
• Gideon Smith and the Mask of the Ripper (Tor Books, April 14, 2015,)
• The Handover (Trapeze, April 29, 2021,)
• Alien: Colony War (Titan Books, April 26, 2022,)

Short stories

• The End of the World Show (Postscripts magazine, published Winter 2006) - giant lizards attacking Tokyo and asteroids and zombies.
• Go (You Are Here, Redbeck Press, September 2006) - about the ghost of Jack Kerouac
• It's Nice But I Wouldn't Want To Die Here (Visionary Tongue magazine, April 2006)
• What Would Nite-Owl Do? (All Saints No Sinners Magazine, 2006)
• State of Grace (Postscripts, PS Publishing, issue ten, Summer 2007)
• Woman's Work (in Encounters of Sherlock Holmes, Titan Books, 2013)

Comics

Under the pen name "Sax", David Barnett wrote stories for two short story comics. Both featured the open-source character, Jenny Everywhere.^[2]

• My Bloody Valentine - Illustrated by John Miers (2002)
• The Death of Jenny Everywhere - Illustrated by Catherine Wright (2003)

External links

• davidbarnett.wordpress.com his official homepage
• Immanion Press publishers of Angelglass and Hinterland
• Review of Hinterland by the Fortean Times
• Interview with David Barnett by The Alien Online
• Interview with David Barnett by the Fortean Times
• Article on getting published by David Barnett for The British Science Fiction Association's Matrix magazine
• A review at Infinity plus with a sample
  • Story Behind Gideon Smith and the Mechanical Girl - Online Essay by David Barnett

Notes and References

1. Web site: Mill . The . I worked for the North West's local newspapers as they started to collapse . 2024-07-18 . manchestermill.co.uk . en.
2. News: Jenny Everywhere never went away. David Barnett. Guardian.co.uk. 2008-11-06 . London . 6 November 2008.