Grigsby, Sean
Entry updated 12 September 2022. Tagged: Author.
(? - ) US author who began to publish work of genre interest with "Eternal H" in Children of the Moon: A Werewolf Anthology (anth 2011) edited by C Bryan Brown. His first novel, Smoke Eaters (2018), though set in the Near Future, features as protagonist a street-wise but weary firefighter worn out after decades of fighting fiery dragons, but called back for a further stand-off; though witty, this fantasy attempts nothing Equipoisal during its rapid traversal of familiar mixed tropes. Of more direct sf interest is Daughters of Forgotten Light (2018), a Space Opera set initially on Oubliette, a Prison planet (from the French for dungeon) (see Crime and Punishment); the cast, which includes a large mixture of gender alignments, undergoes a series of violent trials (and deaths), with considerable Sex, punitive interference from mother Earth, and motorcycles. Though sparky, the tale is dark. [JC]
Sean Grigsby
born San Antonio, Texas
works
series
Smoke Eaters
- Smoke Eaters (London; Angry Robot, 2018) [Smoke Eaters: pb/Lee Gibbons]
- Ash Kickers (London; Angry Robot, 2019) [Smoke Eaters: pb/Lee Gibbons]
- Flame Riders (London; Angry Robot, 2021) [Smoke Eaters: pb/Lee Gibbons]
Watch Dogs
- Stars and Stripes (Nottingham, Nottinghamshire: Aconyte, 2022) with Stewart Hotston [Watch Dogs: pb/]
individual titles
- Daughters of Forgotten Light (London; Angry Robot, 2018) [pb/John Coulthart]
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