Thomas Tessier

March 10, 1947

Waterbury, New York metropolitan area, United States of America

He has also written poetry and drama. His three published books of poetry are How We Died (New Writers Press, Dublin 1970), In Sight of Chaos (Turret Books, London 1971) and Abandoned Homes (Gallery Press, Dublin 1971). His plays have been produced, but not published. His first book,, is an episodic hybrid of horror and science fiction, about a mysterious force which causes death and destruction in an American town. One of the characters speculates that the Earth is revenging itself on humanity, but at the end of the book the mystery has not been solved and the destruction has not stopped. Tessier"s next book was, the brief, terse story of a young American Vietnam veteran adrift in London who seems possessed by an uncontrollable urge to inflict mutilation and death and may, in fact, be a werewolf. deals with a young boy"s confrontations with death, starting with his mother"s dangerous asthma attack and ending with a disturbing vision of the afterlife. Besides works of supernatural horror, Tessier has also written non-supernatural stories such as, about a psychopathic stalker, and, about a teenage girl whose father"s sudden disappearance prompts her to an amoral rebellion which leads to the discovery of a suburban child abuse ring. A short novel, Wicked Things, was published in 2007, accompanied by a novella, "Scramburg, United States of America". Tessier"s short fiction has been collected in and Tessier is married to the former Alice Audietis.

Thomas Tessier

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Background

Tessier was born in Waterbury, Connecticut, attended University College Dublin and lived in London in the United Kingdom for several years (where he was the managing director of Millington Books) before returning to the United States, where he lives still.

Career

He has also written poetry and drama. His three published books of poetry are How We Died (New Writers Press, Dublin 1970), In Sight of Chaos (Turret Books, London 1971) and Abandoned Homes (Gallery Press, Dublin 1971). His plays have been produced, but not published.

His first book,, is an episodic hybrid of horror and science fiction, about a mysterious force which causes death and destruction in an American town.

One of the characters speculates that the Earth is revenging itself on humanity, but at the end of the book the mystery has not been solved and the destruction has not stopped. Tessier"s next book was, the brief, terse story of a young American Vietnam veteran adrift in London who seems possessed by an uncontrollable urge to inflict mutilation and death and may, in fact, be a werewolf. deals with a young boy"s confrontations with death, starting with his mother"s dangerous asthma attack and ending with a disturbing vision of the afterlife.

Besides works of supernatural horror, Tessier has also written non-supernatural stories such as, about a psychopathic stalker, and, about a teenage girl whose father"s sudden disappearance prompts her to an amoral rebellion which leads to the discovery of a suburban child abuse ring. A short novel, Wicked Things, was published in 2007, accompanied by a novella, "Scramburg, United States of America".

Tessier"s short fiction has been collected in and

Tessier is married to the former Alice Audietis.

Achievements

In Shockwaves (1982), a young woman achieves an ambition out of romantic fiction when an up-and-coming lawyer asks her to marry him. But her life is overshadowed by the presence of an apparently supernatural murderer known only as The Blade.