Pavel Renčín entered the Czech literary scene as an original, disruptive influence. He debuted with his short story, “The Creator,” in 1999 and then won several literary contests. Since then, his name comes up regularly in the best speculative fiction anthologies. Most of his work is in the genres of urban fantasy, magical realism, and horror. His first novel, Nepohádka (No Fairy Tale), was published in 2004. His second, Jméno korábu (The Name of the Vessel), in 2007. A year later, he finished Labyrint (The Labyrinth), one of the first online novels in the Czech Republic written alongside the readers (published in print in 2010) and published the first part of his Městské války (Clash of the Cities) trilogy, which was nominated for the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror award and won the Aeronautilus award for the best book of the year. Parts two and three were published in 2009 and 2011, respectively. A collection of Renčín’s best short fiction, Beton, kosti a sny (Concrete, Bones and Dreams) was published in 2009. His most recent and most successful book is a horror novel set in Böhmerwald, Vězněná (Imprisoned). It was published in 2015 and received the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror award for the best Czech or Slovak spekulative fiction book.
