Temur Schelm

Somebody should paint reality into bright colors. Thus in the early morning you can always find Temur Schelm in one of the Amsterdam cafes pounding the keyboard and creating his stories over a cup of the strongest and the blackest espresso.

Temur has always been obsessed with mythology...

That's why after receiving a graduate degree in screenwriting from one of the oldest film schools (the Russian State University of Cinematography) he enthusiastically started to weave old myths into his stories.

However, things turned out to be not so simple. He spent years searching for a format that would embody his ideas in all their entirety. The inspiration came when Temur came across The Sandman by Neil Gaiman which predetermined his literary destiny.

Since then, Temur has already written five graphic novels, where ancient gods in steampunk entourage penetrate the revolutionary Paris of 1968 ("Oekumene" series), Reynard the Fox scampers around the great wide open of the space opera ("R for Regress"), friendship breaks down genetic barriers in the biopunk universe ("Dredcore Reloaded") and the magic of modern gypsies is something that goes without saying ("Red Stallion"). Through these works the author talks to his readers about things that really matter to him: free will and predestination, talent and routine, non-conformism and opportunism.