Nathaniel Wonderful’s new website
Hail, wanderers of words, and welcome to my humble abode, where imagination entwines with harsh reality.
I am Nathaniel Wonderful, a literary fantasy author, translator, and humble trans man, born in the Czech Republic, where my first tales took root.
My path has wound through three continents, from Europe to Asia and Central America. Since 2020, I have resided in Costa Rica’s Cordillera Central with my wife and co-author, Raine Stonewall. In the near future, we plan to return to Japan, where I spent three years after completing secondary school.
I have self-published five literary fantasy books in my native tongue, including two ongoing series: Divine Tragicomedy and Lost in Time, set in a realm of morally grey souls and slow-burning fates, meant for niche audience of deep thinkers.
In April 2023, I left the rigid Czech market behind and embarked on a new journey: reshaping my work for the Western world in British English. I am currently translating On the Edge of Darkness, the opening of Lost in Time, and rewriting the Inscrutable Ways of Fate, the first volume of Divine Tragicomedy, with plans for Japanese translations to share these tales far and wide.
This page serves as a tapestry of my craft—offering glimpses of my books, thoughts on literature, introductions to fellow writers, and reflections on my creative path. Most content will be written in English, with Japanese and Spanish to follow, and perhaps Czech, should time permit.
I am eager to share this odyssey with you. To spark our dialogue, I ask: What are your thoughts on the current state of the book market?
Thank you for entering my realm. Together, let us conjure a world where dreams become reality and the impossible becomes possible.
Yours truly,
Nathaniel Wonderful
Author
nathanielwonderful@gmail.com
Beyond Trends: The Enduring Art of The Divine Tragicomedy
How Nathaniel Wonderful and Raine Stonewall Building a Legacy Literature is a vast landscape, branching into countless genres, subgenres, and niche fields. The restless currents of time carry these branches through the ages, washing some ashore to decay while new ones take their place. This endless cycle entwines with society...
On the Nature of the Elf Who Lived
Fantasy series by Nathaniel Wonderful This article discusses the second chapter of the book the Inscrutable Ways of Fate, which serves as the introduction to our literary fantasy series, Divine Tragicomedy. While the book itself has not yet been released, the series originated in our native language and is part...
On the Nature of the Girls’ Fate
The Beginning of the Story of Eiri of Goldiloop Less than a year has passed since I completed the Girls’ Fate, the first chapter following the prologue of the Inscrutable Ways of Fate, yet it feels a distant memory. At first, I wondered if I could write in English without...
On the Nature of Our Prologue
Prologue of the Inscrutable Ways of Fate For some time, I have shared the prologue to the Inscrutable Ways of Fate across social media, a fragment of the literary fantasy series Divine Tragicomedy. Though this may seem like treading familiar ground, I wish to delve into this latest iteration and...
The Inscrutable Ways of Fate: A New Dawn for Divine Tragicomedy
First volume of literary fantasy series Allow me to unveil The Inscrutable Ways of Fate, the opening volume of our literary fantasy series, Divine Tragicomedy. First published in Czech in April 2020, this tale is being reborn for English readers, guided by the wisdom of a UK editor. Far from a...
A Tapestry of Fate: Welcome to Divine Tragicomedy
Literary fiction with fantasy elements In a mediaeval world where time carves scars upon the soul, Divine Tragicomedy traces the lives of ordinary folk, their fates flickering flames in a tempest of the Universe. Here, no heroes stride, only flawed hearts—some clad in shame, others chasing fleeting hope—wending through a...