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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 "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 |
Writers |
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. 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 . 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. Frank Zafiro is a former military intelligence analyst and currently a police sergeant in the Pacific Northwest. Dozens of his stories have appeared in anthologies, print magazines and online magazines. “And a Fall Cometh” is a sequel story to a short piece entitled “Pride Goeth,” which was published in the anthology Seven by Seven in 2006. Frank's first novel, Under A Raging Moon , was published in June 2006 and is the first in the River City series of police fiction. The sequel, Heroes Often Fail , is due out in September 2007. His website is http://frankzafiro.com 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 and Woman's World. Additionally he has had many stories appear in Orchard Press Mysteries, Mouth Full Of Bullets, 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 Scott Robinson is a novice author living in California . Band of the Hand is the second chapter in his forthcoming novella set in Bangkok . The preceding chapter, Krung Thep , appeared in Mysterical-E ‘s Winter 2006/2007 edition. The author is continually indebted to Guy, Nuk and especially Thierry for help on technical aspects, and to Mr Tom for getting him to Thailand to begin with. And, as always, the work is devoted to the family. Comments can be sent to: impudicus@cox.net. Larry D. Sweazy's short stories have appeared, or will appear, in the Texas Rangers —for which he won the 2005 WWA Spur award for best short fiction—and also in The Adventure of the Missing Detective : And 25 of the Year's Finest Crime and Mystery Stories! , Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, Hardboiled , and Kracked Mirror Mysteries . He lives in Indiana , and is a fulltime freelance indexer. Larry Tyler grew up—as much as he was going to—in California and now lives in central Maine . He has written mystery stories for several magazines, including two previous stories for Mysterical-E. Steven Torres was born in the Bronx but spent part of his youth in Puerto Rico where Fiesta is set. He is the author of the PRECINCT PUERTO RICO novels from St. Martin's Press and of THE CONCRETE MAZE published by Steve Olley has been published in the Toronto Star, Futures Mystery Anthology Magazine, and previously here in Mysterical-E, where Jack Best first made his appearance in the 2007 Spring Issue Daniel B. Young is a fifty-eight year old retired private investigator. He is also an ex-teenage gang leader, Vietnam-era Navy sailor, steel mill laborer, overhead crane operator, and a computer programmer. He has worked for detective agencies as a security officer, executive bodyguard, undercover operative, and after ten years was state licensed as a private investigator for ten years. In his twenty-year security and investigative career he made 367 felony arrests and retrieved seven fugitives [on behalf of the victims; he is not a fan of bounty hunting]. He lives with his thirty-seven year marriage partner and proofreader Angel. He has had short fiction published online in “The Murder Hole”. “Without a Clue”, “Nefarious: Tales of Mystery”, “Mysterical-E”, “Quantum Muse”, and a law enforcement article published in “Web Mystery Magazine” and “Crime Magazine”. Kris Ashton is a Sydney-based author and film critic. He has published half a dozen stories, most of them horror. His first novel, Ghost Kiss , is due for release through Asylett Press in November 2007. You can learn more at http://www.freewebs.com/krisashton Bryon Quertermous's first play was a shameless rip-off of THE MALTESE FALCON and was produced when he was 19. His short stories have appeared in several print and online magazines and are forthcoming in the anthologies THUGLIT PRESENTS HARDCORE HARDBOILED (Kensington Books, June 2008) and THE PRISONER OF MEMORY AND 25 OF THE YEARS FINEST CRIME AND MYSTERY STORIES (Pegasus Books, May 2008). He is the editor and publisher of DEMOLITION magazine in a debt of literary karma. Visit him at http://www.bryonquertermous.com J. Alan Brown has published over two dozen stories in print and on the web. He can be reached at ReadJAlanBrown@hotmail.com |
Artists |
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. | |
