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Publisher/Editor-in-Chief J.R.G. DeMarco |  |
J.R.G. DeMarco lives and writes in Philadelphia and Montréal. He was recently given the "Best Magazine Editor" Reader's Choice Poll Award from Preditors & Editors. 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) 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. | |
Senior Editor Julie Obermiller | .jpg) |
| 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. | |
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 | |
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. | |
Assistant Editor Virginia LoMonaco |  |
| A native Californian, Virginia Lo Monaco has recently returned from Italy, where she lived for almost 16 years. She has published many short stories. "A Man of Honor," one of her short stories published in Futures Mystery Anthology Magazine, was nominated for a Pushcart Prize and, after she translated it into Italian, won 2nd place in the Akery National Literary Competition in Acerra, Italy. Her SF short story, "Intermezzo a Cappella" won an Honorable Mention in the Writer's Digest 2001 Writing Competition in the Genre Short Story classification, finishing 11th in a field of over 1600 genre short stories. She was Mystery Editor for Futures Mystery Anthology Magazine and is an active member of Private Eye Writers of America, Mystery Writers of America, and Sisters In Crime-Los Angeles Chapter. | |
Assistant Editor/Columnist Tim Matson |  |
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 | |
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 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 |
Ivan van Laningham was an anthropology major at the University of Illinois at Chicago Circle; I both protested against and served in the Vietnam war. I worked for the USPS as a tool-and-parts clerk and a rural mail carrier. I was a joat for a mobile home park, obtained a forklift operator's license, worked in restaurants, sold shoes, lost my shirt as a luthier and clerked in bookstores. I went back to Vietnam for three weeks in 2002. I work for Overstock.com as a software engineer and have lived in Salt Lake City for the last 16 years. Kaye George is a member of Sisters in Crimes, Guppies, Writers' League of Texas, and Mystery Writers of America. She is also a violinist, an online mystery reviewer, an award-winning short story writer, and the author of a mystery series which has not yet found a publisher. Short stories have been published in Web Mystery Magazine, Futures Mystery Anthology Magazine, Writer's Post Journal, and HardLuckStories.com. She currently makes her home in Texas, near Austin. 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. BV Lawson enjoys writing short stories in various genres, although she has a fondness for mysteries. One of her short stories received a Master's Literary Award from Center Press. In addition, she's penned public radio and commercial television feature scripts and articles for "The Washington Times," "Q Magazine," and other special-interest magazines. She's a member of Mystery Writers of America, Sisters in Crime, and Washington Independent Writers. She's currently working on her Scott Draco mystery series—short stories, novellas, and novels. You can visit her web site at bvlawson.com. Warren Bull is the author of the short story “ Beecher 's Bibles” in the anthology Manhattan Mysteries, KS Publishing 2005; Abraham Lincoln for the Defense, PublishAmerica, 2003 and the article “Kansas City Trivia” in the magazine Kansas City Voices November, 2005. 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, as well as Shots, Mysterical-E, Great Mystery & 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 Jeff Norburn lives in Quesnel , British Columbia , Canada with his wife Melody and two teenage children. He has spent the past twenty five years working in the field of parks and recreation, and is currently the manager of recreation services for the City of Quesnel . Jeff does not own a typewriter. T. Lee Harris has been a lover of mystery and the detective genre since discovering books. A graduate of Indiana University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts, T has been involved with radio production, game design, comic books and desktop publishing and, as a long-standing member of the Southern Indiana Writers, has designed, illustrated and edited many of the anthologies produced by the group. Interests include participation in the Society for Creative Anachronism and Renaissance Faires, tailoring authentic costuming for re-enactors and playing online roleplaying games. Fran Piper, in real life, is that unlikely combination, a grandmother and a Silicon Valley software developer. She writes in the spare time this leaves her. 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. Bob Liter is a retired journalist who has written eight novels -- including four Nick Bancroft mysteries -- published by Renaissance E. Books. His e-mail address is bobliter@verizon.net Edward Moore lives in the San Francisco Bay area where he works as an environmental professional. He has been published in several literary and on-line venues, as well as having several stories published in various anthologies. Charles Schaeffer's short mysteries have appeared in Mysterical-E, Futures Magazine, Web Mystery Magazine, Silver Moon, Crimson Dagger, Dana Literary Society's online Journal, Woman's World, New England Writers' Network, The Storyteller, Detective Mystery Stories and Great Mystery and Suspense Magazine. He's a two-time winner of Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine's “Mysterious Photo” Contest. Stephen Rogers has had over four hundred stories and poems selected to appear in more than a hundred publications. His website, www.stephendrogers.com, includes a list of new and upcoming titles as well as other timely information. J. Dean Casey has had work has featured in Flash Me Magazine as well as appearing in Espresso Fiction and other publications. Diane Dahlstrom is a graduate of the Long Ridge Writer's Group Breaking into Print course. She has had poetry and stories published in Above the Bridge Magazine and on Long Story Short, Destiny 3 Fiction, Crime and Suspense ezines and also has stories accepted for publication on Laughter Loaf and Amsterdam Scriptum. William G. Schweizer has resided in Southern California almost long enough to pass for a native despite the occasional pang of nostalgia for snow falling on steam grates, pizza by the slice, and Jones Beach. Always much given to blurting out implausible and irritating statements, he's lately taken to scribbling them down and adding implausible plots and irritating characters. Enjoyments are movies ( Manhattan locales - caper flicks - film noir), California history, Linda's biscotti, Linda, Saturday football, the ocean (either one), and, once in a while, serene travel. His fiction has been published in the Los Angeles Times, Thieves Jargon, River Walk Journal, Bewildering Stories, Futures Mystery Anthology Magazine, Skive, and, on several occasions, in Static Movement Online. A new offering will appear in the upcoming quarterly issue of War Journal. Chris Laing lives in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. He's been writing fiction for the past five years and, to date, a number of his short stories have received favorable comment but, alas, no fame and no fortune. He recently 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. Kevin Tipple known to his always changing apartment neighbors as "that weirdo who always sits outside on the porch and reads" Kevin will read just about anything except horror. Some of his short stories have appeared in print in such magazines as Lynx Eye, Show and Tell, and Starblade, among others. He also assitant editor for the online site "Mouth Full Of Bullets." In his spare time when he isn't fooling with his short stories, Kevin is still plugging away at his first novel--a mystery. Kevin also likes walks on the beach, sunsets, fishing and like any beauty contestant, longs for world peace and an end to poverty and disease everywhere. He also is annoyed that the movie vision promise of "2001: A Space Odyssey" never came about. While wanting permanent moon bases immediately, he will settle for chocolate and hold it just right so that it sorta looks like The Monolith. |
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 Vivian Prince is the only child of a shepherdess and a traveling evangelist. Thought to be retarded in an age that dyslexia was not heard of, her parents put her in the back seat of a Nash Rambler and taught her on the road. Stopping at every museum, science exhibit, historical park and art festival, she was encouraged to draw the lessons she learned. At the age of 22 she finally learned to read and is rarely seen without either a book or a pencil and paper in her hands. She may be contacted at prncjohn@aol.com .
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Founder Denise 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. | |
