Storm Constantine (12 October 1956 – 14 January 2021) was a British science fiction and fantasy author, primarily known for her Wraeththu series,[1] which began as one trilogy but has spawned many subsequent works.

She authored over 30 published novels and non-fiction books (often examining issues of sex and gender),[2] and numerous other publications, including grimoires.

[3] Her debut novel, The Enchantments of Flesh and Spirit, was a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award for Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror.

[7] She began creating stories and art at an early age, devising make-believe worlds and writing sequels to Greek and Roman myths.

[7] She later cited her years in this scene as a strong influence for her Wraeththu series, explaining to an interviewer that the people around her "were all very androgynous" and to her "seemed like fantasy creatures".

[11] One day, she was at the Andromeda bookshop in Birmingham (operated by Rog Peyton) when she had a chance encounter with a representative from MacDonald Futura (which was absorbed by Little, Brown Book Group in 1992).

[11] The first book of the series, The Enchantments of Flesh and Spirit, was a finalist for the 1991 Lambda Literary Award for Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror.

[10] Constantine framed the Wraeththu as follows: Humanity is in decline, ravaged by insanity, natural disasters, conflict, disease and infertility.

[13]The structure and plot of the Wraeththu Chronicles revolves around three characters: Pellaz ("Pell"), Swift, and Calanthe ("Cal"), who are (in that order) the first-person narrators.

In the third book, set a couple of decades later, Cal pieces together the shattered memories of his life and embarks on a quest to reunite with Pell, who, as he has learned, is alive.

In subsequent works, including a trilogy intersecting with the first, several novels, and many short stories, Constantine further developed Wraeththu, in particular their evolution into fully realized, androgynous beings.

In a 2016 interview, Constantine reflected:[3] Wraeththu are simply how the human race would be if I could design it myself: androgynous, beautiful (mostly), magical and housed in a more efficient vehicle of flesh and blood.

[citation needed] Wanting to release the new books and revised editions of the original trilogy, Constantine founded Immanion Press in 2003, where she could publish both her own work and that of other authors.

[6] During the 2000s and 2010s, Constantine authored and published several more Wraeththu novels, contributed and/or edited numerous short story collections, and put out several non-fiction works.

A fanfic writer mailed me about this and asked for my opinion, and what I felt about fan fiction set in a world I'd invented and about which I still continued to write.

The Artemis duet is a science fiction tale about a colony world where radical feminism has gone disastrously wrong, with males having been made completely subservient.

In addition to standalone books, Immanion Press published a series of Wraeththu short story anthologies featuring her own work as well as those of fan writers.

Although the company attracted several prominent authors, including Tanith Lee and David Barnett,[2][15] for the most part, the fiction side of the house lost money.

[6] After a few years, Constantine opted to focus more on esoteric non-fiction, covering such topics as paganism, magic, myth and mythology and Reiki.

She laid out many books, including her own, for publication, formatting text, setting up artwork, and preparing the final file to be sent to the printer.