Arcane II (40 page)
Authors: Nathan Shumate (Editor)
Michael Haynes
(“
In the Paint
”) lives in Central Ohio where he helps keep IT systems running for a large corporation during the day and puts his characters through the wringer by night. An ardent short story reader and writer, Michael has had over 20 stories accepted for publication during 2012 by venues such as
Beneath Ceaseless Skies
,
Orson Scott Card’s Intergalactic Medicine Show
, and
Daily Science
Fiction
. His website is
michaelhaynes.info
.
Harry Markov
(“
Hurricane Drunk
”) is an SEO specialist by paycheck and a supporter of the written word in every other spare moment. Writer, reviewer and columnist, Harry Markov has transitioned to slush and some editorial work. A connoisseur of the surreal and fantastic in every medium, Harry Markov won’t judge a piece of work by its muddled genre genealogy; on the contrary, the Markov prefers a rich blend of genres. His personal soapbox is The Alternative Typewriter and you can follow him on Twitter @HarryMarkov.
Patrick McGinnity
(“
The Dubious Apotheosis of Baskin Gough
”) teaches English at Central Michigan University. His work has appeared in
Paradigm
,
The Truth About the Fact
, and
Word River
, as well as at
The Harrow
and
Ad Hominem
. He has also been known to blog sporadically at
keltickarnival.blogspot.com
.
Brooke Miller
(“
The Last Laugh
”) prefers to remain mysterious.
Joanna Parypinski
(“
Lakeshore Drive
”) is the author of the horror novel
Pandora
as well as other short speculative fiction appearing in
Mistresses of the Macabre
,
First Time Dead 3
,
Cover of Darkness
, and other venues. You can find more of her writing at her website
JoannaParypinski.com
.
Craig Pay
(“
His City
”) writes speculative fiction. His stories have been published with various magazines receiving positive reviews from the
Guardian
newspaper,
Interzone
and
Strange Horizons
. In 2011 he won the NAWG David Lodge trophy. In 2012 he completed a two-year master’s degree in Creative Writing with Bolton University. Craig runs a writing group in Manchester and he enjoys target shooting, martial arts and learning Mandarin Chinese. He doesn’t need any more hobbies. Feel free to get in touch via his website
craigpay.com
.
Philip M. Roberts
(“
90-Day Notice
”) lives in Nashua, New Hampshire and holds a degree in Creative Writing with a minor in Film from the University of Kansas. As a beginner in the publishing world, he’s a member of both the Horror Writer’s Association and the New England Horror Writer’s Association, and has had numerous short stories published in a variety of publications, such as the
Beneath the Surface
anthology,
Midnight Echo
, and
The Absent Willow Review
. His website is
www.philipmroberts.com
.
Priya Sharma
(“
The Beatification of Thomas Small
”) has had stories published in
Black Static
,
Interzone
,
Albedo One
and
Fantasy
magazine, as well as reprinted in Ellen Datlow’s
Best Horror Vol. 4
and Paula Guran’s
The Best Dark Fantasy and Horror 2012
. She has a story coming out on Tor.com in 2013. She blogs at
priyasharmafiction.wordpress.com
.
Anna Sykora
(“
Palace of Rats
”) has been an attorney in New York and teacher of English in Germany, where she resides with her patient husband and three enormous Norwegian Forest cats. To date she has placed 120 tales in the small press, most recently with
Niteblade
,
The Lorelei Signal
,
The Copperfield Review
,
Tales of the Talisman
,
Freedom Fiction
and
The Barbaric Yawp
. She has also placed 260 poems, mostly genre. Writing is her joy.
Nicole M. Taylor
(“
The Pianist’s Wife
”) is a freelance ghostwriter and full time livingwriter. Her fiction has been published in a variety of venues including
Beneath Ceaseless Skies
,
Shimmer Magazine
,
Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine
and elsewhere. She lives and works in Los Angeles with her partner Edward Gauvin and a pug/french bulldog that is way more popular than either of them. She bloggerates at
www.nicolemtaylor.com
.
Steve Toase
(“
Fate’s Mask
”) spent most of his childhood being haunted by wallpaper and the persistent faces that clothed themselves in paisley flock design. This has given him an interesting, though not necessarily normal, outlook on the world, which he now uses to write stories and interpret archaeology. His fiction has appeared online at
Sein und Werden
,
Street Cake Magazine
,
NthPosition.com
,
Flashes In The Dark
,
Cafe Irreal
,
Pow Fast Flash Fiction
and
Byker Book
, amongst others. He writes about the places where the otherworld seeps into ours. Steve lives in North Yorkshire, England, and occasionally Munich, Germany. When not writing he spends his time trying to keep vintage British motorcycles on the road. Occasionally he succeeds. You can find him at
www.facebook.com/stevetoase1
and
www.stevetoase.co.uk
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