PATRICK TEN BRINK
PATRICK TEN BRINK
Patrick lives in Brussels; by day he works to protect the environment, while his spare time is devoted to writing poetry, short stories, art reviews and advancing two novels. He grew up in Germany, Australia, Japan and England, and studied Physics and Philosophy in the UK, French language and civilization in France and Mexican literature of the 20th century in Mexico.
His poetry has appeared in The Berlin Literary Review, Beyond Words, Dreamers Creative Writing, Honeyguide Literary Magazine, Maya’s Micros, LEAF and The Belfast Review. His poetry chapbook, Urban Enigmas, came out August 2025, produced by Dipity Press. 
URBAN ENIGMAS
Urban Enigmas, Patrick ten Brink’s latest poetry collection from Dipity Press, finds beauty and meaning in the overlooked fragments of Brussels. From waste management to half-apples on pavements, these poems capture the city’s mystery and wonder. Hear the author read on the Hummingbird Blink podcast, Episode 141.
His poetry has appeared in The Berlin Literary Review, Beyond Words, Dreamers Creative Writing, Honeyguide Literary Magazine, Maya’s Micros, LEAF and The Belfast Review. His poetry chapbook, Urban Enigmas, came out August 2025, produced by Dipity Press.
His short stories have appeared in the The Berlin Literary Review, The Brussels Literary Review, Night Picnic Press, Coffin Bell, in the collection Drop Dead Gorgeous’ Daughters of Dread, 101 words and The Hyacinth Review.
The novel he is currently hunting for an agent for - The Death and Life of Amelia Borgiotti, a ghost story set in 17th-century Rome, was longlisted in the 2021 Exeter Novel Prize and Fiction Factory first chapter competition (2024).
His WiP includes a speculative fiction, multiverse novel set in parallel Tokyos – Not Quite Here - a YA speculative fiction trilogy – The Tides – and a seventh-century fantasy novel set in Japan – Bird Man.
SHORT STORIES
• The Word Thief (The Brussels Review, Summer Issue 4, June 2025 & Hyacinth Review, December 2025)
• The Search (Night Picnic Press Vol 9. Issue 1)
• The Taken (in Betrayal, edited by Free Spirit)
• Mycelium Heartbeat (The Brussels Review, Issue 4, June 2025)
• The Man with Two Faces (The Brussels Review, Issue 4, June 2025)
• My Secret Condition (The Brussels Review, Issue 1)
• Amelia Borgiotti (Coffin Bell and will be in Drop Dead Gorgeous’ Daughters of Dread July 2025)
• The Carp and the Magpie (Night Picnic Press, Vol 2, Issue 3)
FLASH AND MICRO-FICTION
• A Present, an Apology and a Tribute (The Berlin Literary Review, August 2026)
• The Double Bass Player on Bus 71 (Beyond Words, Issue 50, September 2024)
• My Secret (Beyond Words – Summer 2023)
• Ersatz (101 Words)
POETRY
• Chapbook: Urban Enigmas (Dipity Press, August 2025) and podcast: Hummingbird Blink: Nectar Poetry Podcast: Episode No 141: Urban Enigmas by Patrick ten Brink / Poetry Chapbook
• Planetary Writing (The Belfast Review, Issue 6).
• Shining Souls (LEAF, Issue 10)
• Spoken Not Heard (The Berlin Literary Review, December 2025)
• Weaving Words (The Berlin Literary Review, December 2025)
• B-Movie Cacti (The Berlin Review, August 2025)
• Iguana (Honeyguide literary magazine, Issue 8, June 2024)
• Koyasan Cemetery (Maya’s Micros Ed. 12 – The Closed Eye Open)
• Zen Garden, Kyoto (Dreamers Creative Writing 2018 Haiku Competition) and (Dreamers Year 1 Anthology)
ANTHOLOGIES
The Circle, A Brussels Anthology, comprising works of 34 authors from 19 countries, published by Harvard Square Editions. Patrick ten Brink the editor.
Novels: Work in Progress (WiP)
The Death and Life of Amelia Borgiotti. Longlisted for the Fiction Factory first chapter competition, August 2024. https://www.creativewritingmatters.co.uk/2021-exeter-novel-prize.html. I’m current seeking agent representation.
CREATIVE NONFICTION - ART REVIEWS, TRAVEL WRITING ET AL.
Patrick regularly publishes art reviews and the occasional travel writing piece, generally focusing on architecture or cemeteries and ther ea first music review For the articles see his Author Page Travel Tomorrow. Three examples to tempt you there:
Chiharu Shiota exhibition in Paris truly makes the soul tremble