James Enge Explained

James M. Pfundstein
Pseudonym:	James Enge
Occupation:	Lecturer, author
Language:	English
Nationality:	American
Education:	University of Minnesota (PhD)
Period:	2005–present
Genre:	fantasy, sword and sorcery
Notableworks:	Morlock the Maker series.
Children:	2
Relatives:	Patrick Pfundstein

James Enge is the pseudonym of James M. Pfundstein, an American fantasy and sword and sorcery author. His best known work is the ongoing Morlock the Maker series.^[1] His first novel in the series, Blood of Ambrose, was nominated for the World Fantasy Award in 2010.^[2] His newest series, A Tournament of Shadows, tells the origin story of his famous character Morlock Ambrosius.

Biography

Pfundstein has a PhD from the University of Minnesota ^[3] and is a teaching professor at Bowling Green State University in the World Languages and Cultures Department.^[4] He is represented by the Onyxhawke Agency.^[5]

Bibliography

Novels

Morlock the Maker^[6]

• Blood of Ambrose (2009),
• This Crooked Way (2009),
• The Wolf Age (2010),

A Tournament of Shadows

• A Guile of Dragons (2012),
• Wrath-Bearing Tree (2013),
• The Wide World's End (2015),

Morlock the Maker Short Stories published in Black Gate, online and elsewhere

• Turn Up This Crooked Way (2005)
• "A Covenant With Death"
• "The Red Worm's Way"
• "Payment Deferred" (2005)
• "A Book Of Silences" (2007)
• The Lawless Hours (2007)
• "The Gordian Stone" (2008)
• Payment In Full
• "Fire and Sleet" (2009)
• "Traveller's Rest" (2010)
• "Laws for the Blood" (2020)

Works in the episodic novel This Crooked Way

• The War Is Over
• "Interlude: Telling the Tale"
• "Blood From A Stone"
• "Payment Deferred"
• "Fire and Water"
• An Old Lady and a Lake
• Interlude: Book of Witness
• The Lawless Hours
• Payment in Full
• Destroyer
• Whisper Street
• Interlude: The Anointing
• Traveller's Dream
• Where Nurgnatz Dwells
• Interlude: How the Story Ends
• Spears of Winter Rain
• Calendar and Astronomy
• Sources and Backgrounds for Arthurian Legends

Other stories

• "Brother Solson and Sister Luna" (2008)

Academic

• Per astra ad aspera: Aeneid 6.725. In Vergilius. v. 43; 1997. [n.p.] Vergilian Society. p. 22-30.
• Review of S. Byrne, E.P. Cueva, Veritatis Amicitiaeque Causa: Essays in Honor of Anna Lydia Motto and John R. Clark in the Bryn Mawr Classical Review
• Doctoral Dissertation : Not Only the City: Cosmography in the Tragedies of Seneca (2000)
• Λαμπροὺϛ Δυνάσταϛ: Aeschylus, Astronomy and the Agamemnon The Classical Journal, Vol. 98, No. 4 (Apr. - May, 2003), pp. 397-410
• Phaedra on the Tiles: Seneca Phaedra 1154ff (2004)
• Libretto Translation of Gli amori d'Apollo e di Dafne (2005)
• Libretto Translation of La Virtu de’ Strali d'Amore (2007)

External links

• James Enge Official website
• James Enge's Blog
• James Enge's Twitter
• James Enge (ology)
• James Enge on Facebook
• Q&A with Stargate Producer Joseph Mallozzi
• Review of Blood of Ambrose at Fantasy Book Critic
• Long Detailed Review of Blood of Ambrose at Not Free SF Reader
• Fantasy Book Critic Interview

Notes and References

1. Web site: Morlock Ambrosius Master of Makers. Anders. Lou. 7 April 2009. Tor.com. 26 May 2010.
2. Web site: 2009 World Fantasy Awards Nominees. 24 August 2010.
3. Web site: University of Minnesota Classical and Near Eastern Studies Dissertations. University of Minnesota . 26 May 2010.
4. Web site: Faculty & Staff World Language and Cultures. Bowling Green State University . 23 June 2021.
5. Web site: Onyxhawke Agency. Onxyhawke Agency . 26 May 2010.
6. Web site: Pyr Bibliography. 26 May 2010.