VOYAGES TO NOWHERE
Tom Newton
VOYAGES TO NOWHERE
Tom Newton
VOYAGES TO NOWHERE
Two novellas:
Revolution in Dreamtime and Warfilm.
In Voyages to Nowhere, Tom Newton makes boundless imaginative leaps across mid-twentieth century European history. The two novellas, each set in a unique psychogeographical landscape, share a shattered dystopian vision, wherein time and space are dazzlingly transposed.
In Voyages to Nowhere, Tom Newton makes boundless imaginative leaps across mid-twentieth century European history. The two novellas, each set in a unique psychogeographical landscape, share a shattered dystopian vision, wherein time and space are dazzlingly transposed.
Revolution in Dreamtime
Paris entre deux guerres—two artists on the periphery of the Surrealist movement share an atelier—the cerebral Alphonse, forced to become a police informant by a corrupt detective, and his friend Sophia. After a strange occult soirée she sets out to discover the mysteries of the Central Station—a place where the dreams of culture are woven. But is her journey just madness and hallucination? Two doctors try to find out, with disastrous consequences.
Paris entre deux guerres—two artists on the periphery of the Surrealist movement share an atelier—the cerebral Alphonse, forced to become a police informant by a corrupt detective, and his friend Sophia. After a strange occult soirée she sets out to discover the mysteries of the Central Station—a place where the dreams of culture are woven. But is her journey just madness and hallucination? Two doctors try to find out, with disastrous consequences.
Warfilm
In the summer of 1940, Franz Leis is ordered to drive from Berlin to Paris. He is a technician working on an epic film directed by Adolf Hitler, which will later be known as The Second World War. Instead of Paris, he finds himself in an unknown place. He encounters a magnetic young woman, a nameless prisoner unbound by space and time, partisan freedom fighters, British intelligence officers, and more. And what is the mysterious object that he must smuggle away?
An earlier edition of Warfilm was published by Bloomsbury, London in 2015
In the summer of 1940, Franz Leis is ordered to drive from Berlin to Paris. He is a technician working on an epic film directed by Adolf Hitler, which will later be known as The Second World War. Instead of Paris, he finds himself in an unknown place. He encounters a magnetic young woman, a nameless prisoner unbound by space and time, partisan freedom fighters, British intelligence officers, and more. And what is the mysterious object that he must smuggle away?
An earlier edition of Warfilm was published by Bloomsbury, London in 2015
Reviews
The paired surrealist novellas in the aptly-titled Voyages to Nowhere masterfully explore the lacunae that divide being and experience. Tom Newton’s vivid prose and striking imagery chart the brutal intersections between reality and imagination (or is it madness and sanity?) on a psychological, political and artistic level.
—Erica Obey, Ph.D., award-winning author of The Curse of the Braddock Brides, The Horseman’s Word and Dazzlepaint. President, New York Chapter, Mystery Writers of America
Tom Newton shows us how extraordinary the ordinary is. He gives ideas the charisma of actors.
—Djelloul Marbrook, award-winning poet/novelist, Far from Algiers, The Light Piercing Water Trilogy
The paired surrealist novellas in the aptly-titled Voyages to Nowhere masterfully explore the lacunae that divide being and experience. Tom Newton’s vivid prose and striking imagery chart the brutal intersections between reality and imagination (or is it madness and sanity?) on a psychological, political and artistic level.
—Erica Obey, Ph.D., award-winning author of The Curse of the Braddock Brides, The Horseman’s Word and Dazzlepaint. President, New York Chapter, Mystery Writers of America
Tom Newton shows us how extraordinary the ordinary is. He gives ideas the charisma of actors.
—Djelloul Marbrook, award-winning poet/novelist, Far from Algiers, The Light Piercing Water Trilogy
Voyages to Nowhere is available as an audio book
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Voyages to Nowhere is available as an audio book
Listen to sample
Hear excerpts and discussions on The Strange Recital podcast
Chapter One of Revolution in Dreamtime
Chapter Three of Revolution in Dreamtime
Excerpt of Warfilm
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About the author
Tom Newton lives in Woodstock, New York with his wife and daughter. His novella Warfilm was published by Bloomsbury in 2015. His short story collection Seven Cries of Delight was published by Recital Publishing in 2019.
His interests lie in psychology, art, music, science, mythology, and history.
He spent many years working in the film industry as a prop man, while pursuing a parallel career as a musician and sound engineer. He was a participant in London's punk music scene in the late seventies.
Author website: tomnewtonwriter.com
Tom Newton lives in Woodstock, New York with his wife and daughter. His novella Warfilm was published by Bloomsbury in 2015. His short story collection Seven Cries of Delight was published by Recital Publishing in 2019.
His interests lie in psychology, art, music, science, mythology, history and meaninglessness.
After a spell as a seafarer he spent many years working in the film industry as a prop man, while pursuing a parallel career as a musician and sound engineer. He was a participant in London's punk music scene in the late seventies.
He has always wanted to be a painter.
Author website: tomnewtonwriter.com
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