Mac Tonnies (20 August 1975 – 18 October 2009[1]) was an American author and blogger whose work focused on futurology, transhumanism and paranormal topics. Tonnies grew up in Independence, Missouri, and attended William Chrisman High School and Ottawa University.[2] He lived in Kansas City, Missouri. Tonnies had an active online presence and a "small, but devoted" readership, but supported himself by working at Starbucks and other nine-to-five jobs. In 2009 he died of cardiac arrhythmia at the age of 34.[1]
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His first book, a collection of science fiction short stories titled Illumined Black, was published by Phantom Press Publications in 1995, when Tonnies was in college.[2][3] It carried a cover blurb by Bruce Sterling and was positively reviewed in Booklist.[2] His second book, After the Martian Apocalypse, was published by Simon & Schuster in 2004.[4] His last book, The Cryptoterrestrials, was published posthumously by Anomalist Books in 2010.[5]
In 2007 the play Doing Time, which he co-wrote with Canadian filmmaker Paul Kimball, premiered in Halifax, Nova Scotia.[6]
His blog, "Posthuman blues" was described by The Pitch as "one of Kansas City's best blogs, filled with well-written, intelligent takes on offbeat news items and humorous rants from a left-leaning political perspective."[2]
He appeared on Coast to Coast AM in September 2009.[7]