Hanne Blank

Hanne Blank is the author/editor of five books, including Unruly Appetites: Erotica, with a sixth, Virgin: The Untouched History on the way from Bloomsbury USA. You can find her online at www.hanneblank.com.

Copenhagen or Anywhere by Hanne Blank (fantasy)
       Canta's lost all the easy things in this new life, it seems; tables with china, hot food, peace. It's very different from the fantasy, after all - Canta gave up her legs to become a mermaid, not the other way around. But in trading the thin, lifeless air of land for the density of the sea, in joining the ranks and killing alongside them, she finds the war is something very different than she had expected...

Mrs. Charles' Bookshop by Hanne Blank (fantasy)
       Mrs. Charles is a sweet woman; kind, quiet, and sturdy, not unlike the books that line her home's walls. Her husband, on the other hand, might be said to be most like a warthog - loud, vile, and generally nasty. But Mr. Charles quickly becomes the least of her problems when Mrs. Charles' books develop some startling new behaviors of their own - coming to life in a most unexpected fashion.world.

Verisimilitude and the Competent Con: Research for Fiction by Hanne Blank (nonfiction)
      Where's the line between telling a tale and talking nonsense? Hanne Blank breaks down the process of research, the writing of story logic, and the blending of fact and fantasy.

In the Rainy Season by Hanne Blank (fantasy)
      A biologist comes to a dying planet in an attempt to know its people and save its ecology, only to become part of it. As the rains approach and her body swells to bursting, she begins to let go her attachment to her previous life, even as those who once knew her are chasing after her.

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