Oxford UK-based artist/writer Mike Philbin has been an independently published novelist and short story writer since 1989. His first novel “Red Hedz” was published by Creation Press of London in 1989. His fully-illustrated short-story collection Animal Instincts was published by Double Dragon Press of Canada in 2004. He is the man behind the subversive keyboard entity Hertzan Chimera who terrorized the horror community for over ten years prior to 2004.
In 2008 Silverthought Press (NY) published Mike's novels “Bukkakeworld” and “Planet of the Owls” recently republished by Chimericana Books. In 2011 Sci Fi Cafe Press (Oxford) published Mike's novels “Yoroppa” and “View From A Stolen Window” recently republished by Chimericana Books.
The Free Planet Trilogy consists of the anti-corporate novels Custodian (2013), Liberator (2014) and Reaper (2015).
The War World Trilogy consists of the anti-dreamworld novels Tandem (2013), Watcher (2014) and Kumiko (2015).
"I killed Hertzan Chimera (in name) back in 2004 and though I've tried to deny it I've always been writing Hertzan Chimera novels. Before and since his demise. I have now accepted that I write Hertzan Chimera novels and this will be rectified with the re-issuing of all my work under this pseudonym." -- Mike Philbin, August 2015.