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Publisher/Editor-in-Chief J.R.G. DeMarco |  |
Joe DeMarco lives and writes in Philadelphia and Montréal. Before devoting his time more fully to fiction and non-fiction projects he was Editor-in-Chief of The Weekly Gayzette (Philadelphia); Editor-in-Chief of NGL, a national magazine; and has been an editor or contributing editor for a number of publications including Il Don Gennaro, a national Italian-American magazine. A number of his plays have been produced in Philadelphia, NY, and elsewhere around the U.S. A serious student of sociological issues, his work has been published in The International Encyclopedia of Marriage and Family (Macmillan); and two of his articles appear in the Encyclopedia of Men and Masculinites (ABC CLIO) He won the "Best Magazine Editor" Reader's Choice Poll Award 2005 from Preditors & Editors. One of his greatest loves is mystery (all kinds); he has written a number of mystery stories and is currently working on the first of a new series of mystery novels. He also has an abiding interest in alternate history, speculative fiction, young adult fiction, vampires, werewolves, science fiction, the supernatural, mythology, and more. You can learn more at www.josephdemarco.com | |
Web Advisor Jason Li |  |
Jason was in on the redesign of the site from the very beginning. He has given his advice and fixed problems as the arose and continues to do so. Though he is extremely busy with two other major facets of his life, he never fails to lend a hand when needed. He is currently working on revamping the archives and that should be up and working some time on 2006 which will make readers and writers happy. Jason is also creative in his own right and loves writing stories of his own as well as working on translations of Chinese literature. | |
Art Director Gin E. L. Fenton |  |
| Gin, a creative workaholic, is art director and illustrator for several magazines and publishing companies creating book covers and illustrations for both print and online magazines, and books of all kinds. She loves to keep busy, and eats, sleeps and breathes for her Art in all its forms. Gin has painted all her life, and has mastered many mediums including oils, pastels, ink washes, watercolors, computer-aided art, graphic and web design, clay sculpture, soft sculpture, and is an accomplished glamour portrait artist. She published her own fantasy art ezine, Merlin's Dreams Zine. Preferring primarily figurative subjects, she loves creating dramatic illustrations for mystery, crime, suspense, glamour, pinup, romance, noir, intrigue, human interest, and fantasy stories, articles, and books. She lives in Texas with her retired physician husband, who dotes on her, even though she sometimes neglects him for her computer and drawing tablet. Her website: www.artpinups.com E-mail: gin@ginelf.com Portfolio Gallery : http://artisthome.com/Folio/folio.htm | |
First Senior Editor Barry Ergang |
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Barry Ergang is shown here holding Duncan, the West Highland White | |
Assistant Editor Pam Skochinski |  |
It all began with Nancy Drew. Many a mystery writer can point at Nancy as the beginning of their obsession with mystery. Pam Skochinski is no different. An life-long reader of mysteries, in 1997 she tried her hand at writing one. Since then, she has had over thirty short stories published in various e-zines and print publications. She currently lives in Southern California with her husband and three children. You can find out more about her at www.pamskochinski.com | |
Assistant Editor Larry Marshall |  |
Larry Marshall lives with is wife Chantal and daughter Jodie in Quebec City, Quebec. He holds a doctorate in Biological Sciences, is semi-retired and, when he feels like it, works as a copywriter and editor. Over the years he has written over 200 non-fiction articles for magazines. He's been editor-in-chief for Air Age Publishing, worked as an editor for Blinding Force Productions and for Wildcat Books. Larry can be reached at larry@larrymarshall.name | |
Assistant Editor Charles Mossop |  |
Retired after a thirty-two year academic career, Charles now lives on Vancouver Island on Canada 's west coast where he writes historical fiction, works in his garden and continues his study of classical guitar. A lover of mystery stories, his flash fiction has appeared in Flashshot, and his short stories in Over My Dead Body, Futures Mystery Anthology Magazine, and in the Amazon Shorts Program. He also contributed to the Anthology Aleatory's Junction, published by Double Dragon Publishing in 2006, and to the writer's resource book The Muse on Writing ( Double Dragon, 2005). His novel Jade Hunter will appear in 2007 from Double Dragon. Charles is also a monthly contributor to the online resource magazine The Muse Marquee where he writes on historical fiction and manages the historical fiction department. Charles's stories are usually set in fifteenth century China or eighteenth century Europe , and in the latter case he specializes in maritime history and life aboard wooden-walled ships of war. As he says, “Murder and intrigue can be found everywhere and in any time period. All you have to do as a writer is select a time and place to put them.” http://cmossop0.tripod.com | |
Assistant Editor Shawn O'Shea |  |
Shawn had his first book published when he was only six years old. (Okay, sure, it was only five pages and the one and only copy was in his elementary school's library, but it still counts!) Jumping ahead a few years, he enlisted in the U.S. Navy where he received a B.A. in Journalism from The Defense Information School. His first civilian job was as a political correspondent for The Delaware County Daily Times in the Philadelphia , PA suburbs. He left that job to follow his childhood dream of running away with Ringling Bros. & Barnum and Bailey Circus! (Yeah—really!) When the Big Top arrived in California , Shawn got off the train and settled in San Francisco where he was chief editor and contributor to Red Tales , a fetish magazine for gay men. He was then the founding editor of the San Francisco Spectrum . Currently he is focusing on his short fiction and one novel. He also has a play being produced for the 2007 Philadelphia Fringe Festival. | |
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| Julie Obermiller lives on the shores of Lake Ontario in Western New York with her cat Sneakie Pie, a healthy crop of dust bunnies and stacks of books. A freelance journalist with a weekly column in the Lockport Union Sun & Journal, her excuse for not becoming the next best-selling author is that she's too busy reading her beloved cozies. A hopeless anglophile and lover of Brit mysteries, Obermiller is also a part-time clown, community activist, self-professed slug and author of the soon-to-be-published Murder in Mason Jars, first in a series of Maggie Miller Mysteries. | |
Assistant Editor/Columnist Tim Matson On Leave of Absence |  |
Tim Matson lives with his wife Susan, and their two miniature schnauzers Asta and Archie, in a suburb of St. Paul, MN. When he isn't toiling away at his day job, Tim spoils his wife and dogs mercilessly, and finds time to write when they take naps on the couch. His stories have been accepted at Mysterical-E and Futures Mystery Anthology Magazine. He is currently working on his second novel. Tim can be reached at: matsonatmystericale@gmail.com | |
Assistant Editor Lance Zarimba |  |
| Lance Zarimba has short stories published in the Mayhem in the Midlands anthology and Who Died In Here? anthology. He has won the VLP short story contest and his "Secret Santa" story has appeared on Without A Clue web site. He writes a "Therapy" series where Taylor, an occupational therapist, stumbles across murders and mayhem and is helped, but mostly hindering, in solving the crimes with his friends. | |
Columnist Nicholas Fuller |  |
| Born Canberra 1983. Lived in Brussels 1993 - 1996; returned Canberra 1997. Currently studying Arts at the Australian National University - Honours in History this year, in English next. Edited Gladys Mitchell's Sleuth's Alchemy for Crippen and Landru, have contributed articles to CADS and to the Margery Allingham festschrift. Interests: detective fiction (favourite authors: Gladys Mitchell, John Dickson Carr, Agatha Christie, Dorothy L Sayers, GK Chesterton and HC Bailey), Doctor Who and European history (Rome and England from the Wars of the Roses on, particularly C19th - present). | |
Columnist Jim Doherty |  |
A police officer for more than ten years like his character Dan Sullivan, began his law enforcement career as a reserve cop in Berkeley , California , while simultaneously working on his bachelor's degree at Cal . Sullivan stories have previously appeared in Writers' Journal , Blue Murder , Hand Held Crime , Over My Dead Body! , and the upcoming anthology The Race Is On . Sullivan is also the protagonist of Jim's first (and still unpublished) novel, An Obscure Grave , which was a finalist in the 2004 Debut Dagger competition conducted by the British Crime Writers Association. In addition to his fiction, Jim is also the author of two non-fiction books. Just the Facts – True Tales of Cops & Criminals is a collection of true-crime articles, one of which, “Blood for Oil,” won the 2005 Western Writers of America Spur Award in the Short Non-Fiction Category. Raymond Chandler – A Master of American Noir is a series of lectures on Chandler 's early work available as an e-book on the Barnes & Noble website, and used in conjunction with an on-line course about Chandler that Jim teaches. A native San Franciscan, Jim currently lives in Chicago with his lovely wife, Katy. His website can be found here: http://www.deadlyserious.com/JimDoherty | |
Columnist Gerald So |  |
Fiction Editor for The Thrilling Detective Web Site, Gerald is also a reviewer for Crimespree Cinema and moderator of the crime TV and film forum CrimeSeen. He's always looking for more to read or watch. | |
Columnist Christine A. Verstraete |  |
| Christine A. Verstraete is an award-winning journalist whose nonfiction and fiction has been published in various newspapers and magazines. She is working on a mystery novel and has had short fiction published in Mysterical-E, Orchard Press Mysteries, Mouth Full of Bullets, Flashshot, Flashquake, and Futures Mysterious Anthology. Her story, "The Witch Tree" was a recent contest winner at Echelon Press. Contact her at http://cverstraete.com | |
Columnist Byron McAllister |  |
Byron McAllister was always intrigued by whatever appeared to be “fundamental,” but what he thinks the word means has changed gradually through several sciences to mathematics, philosophy, and now—inevitably—to mystery writing. Besides a few technical and historical papers from his earlier career, his published writings (often jointly authored by his spouse) include maybe thirty or so poems, half a dozen mystery short stories, and let's not forget an e-published novel, “Undercover Nudist,” http://ebooksonthe.net which has just come out in paper. Despite the modesty of these achievements, Byron thinks he's entitled to express strong, though variable, opinions on everything. He's saving mention of his hobbies and such, because maybe they'll serve as subject matter for future columns. | |
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CONTRIBUTORS THIS ISSUE |
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Suzanne Lilly is a writer, mother, and teacher with a Master's Degree in Teaching. In addition to writing and teaching, she loves to swim, knit, crochet, and cook. She has placed and received honorable mention in online writing contests and wrote reviews as a BriefMe editor. More details are at her website, http://www.suzannelilly.com . She has three children, one husband, one cat and one dog. She lives in California and has yet to feel an earthquake. Graham Andrews was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, but has lived in Belgium since 1982. His science fiction novel, Darkness Audible , was published by the Excalibur Press of London in 1991. He has had short stories, articles, and book reviews in such publications as the Belfast Telegraph , the Brussels Bulletin , The Guardian , Daily Mail , Fantasy & Science Fiction, Vector, Interzone , Foundation , Locus , Scheherazade , Carousel , Shots , Paperback Parade , and Postscripts . His one-act play, The Man Who Met His Maker , was published in 2004. Recent publications include the story ‘Europe is Room Enough' ( Chillout , Autumn 2006) and an article on E. Phillips Oppenheim ( Book and Magazine Collector , March 2007). Two Just Men: Richard S. Prather and Shell Scott is a forthcoming book-length study. Vero G. Caravetta has been a film buff and a mystery fan since he can remember. He has reviewed film for a number of small publications in the Midwest. Since his move East to New York, he has thrown himself into his work Off-Off Broadway. He would eventually like to try his hand at fiction. Steve Olley is originally from England . After traveling in Africa, Europe and the Middle East, he finally settled down in Southern Ontario . He now lives close to the shores of Lake Huron with his eleven year old daughter, and their trusty dog, Chelsea . Steve has had an article published in the Toronto Star, and his story, “The Grasleben Cross”, appears in the July/August Edition of Futures Mystery Anthology Magazine. Cat Connor's short stories have been published extensively in various U.K. and U.S.A. print and ezines. Her thriller/suspense novel, Killerbyte, is due to be released by Triskelion Publishing-June 2007. Cat is a member of Backspace.org , (an online writers group), and several other writing organizations, and lives in Upper Hutt , New Zealand with her husband and children. You can find out more about Cat Connor at: http://catconnor.bravehost.com/ Clifford Royal Johns's stories have appeared in various small press magazines including most recently in the Nov/Dec issue of Futures Mystery Anthology Magazine (The Fake). He lives, works, and writes in Northern Illinois with his wife and two elderly spaniels. His novel, "Unforgettable," is with the Ashley Grayson Literary Agency and looking for a publisher who's interested in SF/Mystery crossovers. Connie Corcoran Wilson is a writer, teacher and businesswoman who has written for five newspapers, including being book and film critic for the Quad City Times ( Davenport , Iowa ) and conducting interviews for the Moline , Illinois Daily Dispatch . Her most recent book, Both Sides Now (2004), is a humor anthology of her previously-published newspaper columns. Her first book was published by PLS Bookstores in 1989. She founded two businesses ( Sylvan Learning Center and Prometric Testing Center ), which she owned and operated as CEO from 1986 until 2002. She has also taught composition and literature at Black Hawk Junior College, Augustana College, Marycrest College, St. Ambrose University, Kaplan University, and Eastern Iowa Community College . Her short story, “Amazing Andy, the Wonder Chicken” was named one of ten winners of the “Whim's Place Flash Fiction” contest two months ago. She is a graduate of the University of Iowa , with a Master's degree from Western Illinois University, the University of California at Berkeley, Northern Illinois University and the University of Chicago . Patricia Crandall Jan Christensen has had over thirty short stories published in various magazines, and her first novel, "Sara's Search," appeared in 2004. A second is on the way. When not writing fiction, she travels in her motorhome from place to place and reads a lot of books. Her website can be found at: www.janchristensen.com . Catch her if you can! Patricia Abbott writes literary and crime fiction from Detroit . Some of her stories have appeared in Hardluck Stories, Thuglit, Demolition, Spinetingler, The Thrilling Detective and Murdaland. She is working on her first novel. LL Hanson currently lives near cornfields in Iowa writing stories about Mike Holiday. Anita Page's short stories have appeared or are forthcoming in Ball State University Forum , Jewish Horizons, Heresies, Mouth Full of Bullets, Murder New York Style (L&L Dreamspell, Nov. 2007), The Prosecution Rests (Little, Brown and Company, 2009) and Word Riot . She and her husband live in the mid-Hudson Valley, where she taught and now writes full time. She is seeking publication for her first novel, a dark-edged traditional mystery set in the Catskill Mountains. Leslie Bessant divides his time between writing, teaching African history at the University of South Florida, playing trombone with the Phil Webb Orchestra, walking his dog, and working in the garden with his wife. No matter what he's doing, though, he's always ready to go out for ice cream. Tom Rynard is a student of Renaissance Venice and a writer of fiction, mostly long short stories and novellas, in his spare time. A fan of mystery series such as Hercule Poirot (Agatha Christie), Commisario Brunetti (Donna Leon) and Inspector Montalbano (Andrea Camilleri), he has created the character of Reginaldo Morosini from cinquecento (16 th Century) Venice in nine novellas and short stories and one full length novel. He has just begun submitting these writings for publication. When not writing, researching material for his stories, or traveling, he is a practicing attorney in Jefferson City , Missouri . Carol Reid lives just a few short steps from the Pacific Ocean and the tide is rising. Clair Dickson has seen 15 short stories accepted for publication in the last year. Her stories have appeared at Mysterical-E, Crime & Suspense, MuzzleFlash, Powder Burn, and others. She writes in between teaching alternative high school students. There's enough drama in any class to fuel several short stories. She keeps track of Bo's stories at www.bofexler.blogspot.com for her fans. Michael A. Kechula is a retired tech writer. Turning to fiction, his works have won first place in six writing contests, second place in another, and honorable mention in two more. His stories have been published in 53 online and print magazines and anthologies in Australia, Canada, England, and the US. He's written seven books of flash fiction tales. He's owner of Flash Tales Ezine, an online monthly publication specializing on speculative fiction. Herschel Cozine has published extensively in the children's field. His stories and poems have appeared in many of the national children's magazines. Work by Herschel has also appeared in Alfred Hitchcock and Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazines. He has a mystery scheduled for publication in an upcoming issue of Woman's World. Additionally he has had many stories appear in Orchard Press Mysteries, as well as Shots, HandHeldCrime Great mystery and Suspense, and others. Retired from a career in electronics, he has resumed his writing career after an extended hiatus. Herschel lives with his wife, Sue, in Santa Rosa, California, close to his children and grandchildren Albert Tucher is a cataloger at the Newark Public Library. He has published Diana Andrews stories in Lynx Eye, Thug Lit, Mouth Full of Bullets, Crime Zine, Muzzle Flash, Demolition, Out of the Gutter, and The Deadly Ink 2006 Short Story Collection. Rod Lousteau writes under the name of Lew Stowe and lives in Connecticut . His work has been published by Afterburnsf.com, the Globe Pequot Press, Puckerbrush Press and Delta. He considers his character Sweeper to be his prize fictional creation. Keri Clark is freelance advertising copywriter from 9 to 5 and a mystery writer 24/7. Her short stories have been published by Mystery Time Magazine and Orchard Press Mysteries . Her poetry has also appeared in Mystery Time Magazine. Keri is an active member of Mystery Writers of America and Sisters in Crime. Dawn Dowdle is a prolific reader and reviewer. She runs the Mystery Lovers Corner and Romance Lovers Corner sites. See her reviews for the web addresses. |
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Gin E. L. Fenton -- see bio above Arthur King is a strange young curmudgeon who only exists for his art, which he says speaks for itself. He has no use for people unless they want to give him money for his illustrations or have sex with him. arthurkingart@gmail.com
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Founder Eva Batonne |
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Denise Batonne began writing professionally when she was hired as researcher for a small production company in Santa Monica.The position evolved into writer/producer on the project, The Shaping Of America, a series of historical spots on American history. A forerunner to the popular Ken Burns style of dramatic portrayals of historical figures and events, The Shaping Of America featured narrators Sally Kellerman, Robert Guillaume, Dennis Weaver and was voted Favorite Series. Denise has worked for Brentwood News and Venice Art Magazine interviewing and reviewing the work of personalities such as Dizzy Gillespie and Chris Connelly, editor of Premiere Magazine. Co-Editor of Techno Noir with Jeffrey Marks, her story "Mixo-Matic" appears in its pages. "The Ticket," Denise's first short story, was featured as Publisher's Choice in Futures magazine. Denise has a strong background in film and theatre. She left Mysterical-E in early 2004 to pursue her own writing and other interests. Her book RESSURECTION DIVA, a literary crime novel, comes out in August 2007 from ZUMAYA PUBLICATIONS. | |
