SPECULATIVE FICTION

Very rural housewife with eclectic interests and a couple of chemistry degrees . Interests include: late Tokugawa era Japanese history , Japanese culture , philosophy, haiku , speculative fiction , science fiction , fantasy , current events , news , science , politics. Sadie's done stints in research chemistry in fields as diverse as energy storage devices and topical drug delivery. Other careers include teaching college chemistry, computer help desk and medical record keeping. Currently, Sadie lives the minimalist rural life while attending to the needs and demands of people, animals and pesky machines and an oversized yard, while finding time to write fact and fiction about all of it. Currently investigating more ways to get rid of her long-term chronic lower back pain and how to overcome her family hoarding problem .

A web developer, digital artist andÃ'š t-shirt designer by trade, Chriss is also a comic geek, speculative fictionÃ'š blogger, audio play lover, and a fan of obscure British sci-fi television shows. She's volunteered for several conventions and, incidentally, thinks writing about yourself in the third person is a bit weird (but fun if you can mix tenses and get away with it). She resides in San Diego with the requisite spouse and quadrupeds.

Editor, hobbies: reading,arts,blogging,and reading ;) -------------------------------- Speculative fiction - transmedia

Julie Ann Dawson is a horror writer, game designer, and editor. Since 2002, she has operated Bards and Sages Publishing, a small niche press that focuses on speculative fiction and pen-and-paper roleplaying games. She has a degree in English from Rowan University and is a member of the International Women's Writing Guild.

Glen R. Taylor served for almost 13 years in the U.S. Army, beginning his career as an intelligence professional and later becoming an officer in the Armor branch. He holds a Master of Science degree in Psychology from the University of Phoenix. He has experience writing online web-content as well as speculative fiction and game rules.

I'm a science fiction, fantasy, and speculative fiction writer. I've had a couple of short stories published in anthologies. I also co-authored the screenplay "The Kult" based on the novel by Shaun Jeffrey. It is currently being filmed by Gharial Productions. In addition to writing and sci-fi, I also love video games, food, and heavy metal.

Alison Pearce is an Australian writer and poet and amateur artist. Specialising in speculative fiction, her work has appeared in numerous publications, both print and online, as has her poetry.

A writer and producer for over two decades, Darin is most prolific in the speculative fiction genre under various pen-names. His many contributions appear in genre specific pulp magazines, film, television, and video game productions.

Current founder and president of Illusion on Demand (America's first Sci-Fi VOD network). Award-winning filmmaker, speculative fiction writer and former music journalist.

Tiffany lives in NC, where she writes dark,speculative fiction & poetry; doing what she does best for over 16 years. She's a freelance web content writer and currently working on a short story collection for publication.

Mature women who want to experience the powerful blessings of practical spirituality take their intuitive skills to an entirely new level by meeting their spirit guides with help from Candace L. Talmadge. Tapping their guides’ wisdom on a daily basis enables these women to trust themselves more in every aspect of their lives. Trained as an energy-healer, Candace has been taking clients to meet their guides since 1988. Her mission is to awaken others to the unlimited down-to-earth benefits of true holistic living, which actively incorporates the spiritual and emotional parts of self as well as the physical and mental. Candace has been a professional writer since 1976. She has written on a fulltime or freelance basis for media that include Adweek, BusinessWeek, Forbes, the Dallas Times Herald, the International Herald Tribune, The New York Times, Reuters America, and many others. She also has written syndicated political columns that appeared in the Jefferson Jimplecute and Liberal Opinion Week. Part of Candace’s mission is writing and publishing the Green Stone of Healing® speculative fiction series under the byline C.L. Talmadge.

T.L. Bodine is a freelance writer and author of speculative fiction. She's been writing seriously since 2007, and has been published in print and on the web. She also blogs about writing and sustainable living at http://tlbodine.blogspot.com When not writing, T.L. Bodine rescues and finds homes for domestic rats. She's also an avid reader and film snob.

When she isn't writing database reports or proofreading manuscripts, Candice Lindstrom is reading speculative fiction. She lives in Texas with her car-buff husband and his two cats.

Betsy is a long-time writer and editor who has written on a wide variety of topics ranging from business to fashion but her passion is speculative fiction. She has a Bachelor of Science degree from Park University, majoring in management/accounting, and two decades of practical accounting experience. She adores her children and is tolerated by her cat.

Hank is a freelance writer living in the mountains of Western North Carolina. He recently published a feature article in Witches and Pagans #22, entitled "Southern, Pagan, and Proud," about the lives of Pagans living in the "Bible Belt" of the American South. His photographs were used to illustrate the article. Hank has been a news reporter (Miami Herald), editor, and classroom English teacher. Hank is working on two speculative fiction novels, "The Ghost Tree" and "Indigo Dawn." He is the co-writer of a screenplay entitled "Bipolar Express," currently under consideration for production by an Asheville film production company.

I am a multi-published speculative fiction author of over seventy novels. Visit my webpage at www.windlegends.org for synopses, excerpts and over 800 reviews of my novels.

I am a freelance writer, proofreader, and copy-editor. I like to write fantasy, speculative fiction, and satire, as well as nonfiction articles on movies, books, travel, and progressive politics. I have an eagle eye for errors, and can help you polish your written work.

I run a mid-line independent publishing company that specializes in Biblical speculative fiction. Born in British Columbia, I moved to the midwest 4 years ago. I have been involved in the publishing industry for several years.

Electrical Engineer and Speculative Fiction Writer.

Tricia Urlaub lives in Upstate New York with her three sons. She has published fiction and non-fiction both online and in print magazines. She is Editor of the speculative fiction online magazine, Tales from the Moonlit Path.

I write the kinds of things that I read, which is everything; fiction, non-fiction, poetry. I have especially written a lot of speculative fiction.

PJ is a 16-year graphics design veteran, who works at a print shop as well as owns her own home-based business. She spends her time writing books and short stories in speculative fiction and romance genres, furthering her education in web design and Flash animation creation,

I have finished a full-length speculative fiction novel (unpublished as of yet). I currently work as a computer / Bible teacher at a Christian school (teach grades 6-12) and I work as a youth pastor in my "spare" time.

D. Gilbert Trout is the illigitimate grandson of famed writer, Kurt Vonnegut's fictional character, Kilgore Trout. He is the result of a single piece of erotic fan-fiction written by his mother in the early 70's. Consequently, D. Gilbert Trout suffers the stigma of being half-fictional on his Father's side, and often finds himself in the middle of situations that one might see in a late-night B-Movie. The part of him that is NOT fictional grew up in the midwest, went to college, got a job, went BACK to college, and now makes his living as a media consultant for business and non-profit organizations in Apalachia. He lives in a big purple house with his wife and two geriatric cats.

Henry Ulrich is preparing for graduate school in suburban Pennsylvania. His interests include things he doesn't understand, things other people don't understand, and things he doesn't but really should understand. Also, British Romantic Poetry and speculative media. Not

Stephanie Dray is an author of historical fiction. Her debut novel, LILY OF THE NILE, will hit bookstore shelves in January 2011. She's a storyteller, a game designer, and a cat trainer. In a previous life, she was also a lawyer and a teacher.

Terrie Leigh Relf, M.A., is a writing coach, educator, editor, columnist, fiction writer, and poet, living in Ocean Beach, located in San Diego, CA. Relf teaches at Woodbury University of Architecture, located in Barrio Logan, and is on staff at Sam's Dot Publishing, where she is the lead editor for Hungur Magazine and The Drabbler. She also serves on the special projects committee as a copy editor. Affiliations include the Science Fiction Poetry Association as well as the Horror Writers Association. She is available for coaching, editing, and content provision, and can be reached at tlrelf@cox.net.

Eric J. Guignard is an award-winning author and editor living in southern California. He writes fiction short stories in the genres of horror, speculative, and young adult. He also writes research and knowledge-base articles in genealogy, woodworking, and ecology. Eric has been published in numerous print and online media, recently including publications in: A Very Short Story competition (first place), Coscom Entertainment, Hall Brothers, SNM Horror Magazine, Another Realm, Indie Gypsy, and many others. He is editor of the acclaimed anthology, Dark Tales of Lost Civilizations (Dark Moon Books). Eric holds degrees in Communications and Environmental Science, as well as a Master's Degree in Public Administration (California State University Northridge). When not writing, Eric designs and builds custom furniture and is also an amateur entomologist. Most importantly, he is married to his high school sweetheart, Jeannette, and father to an adventuresome toddler son, Julian James. Please visit Eric at: www.ericjguignard.com or at his blog: www.ericjguignard.blogspot.com.

AD Spencer is a working writer living in Alabama. Her speculative short fiction is due to appear in anthologies by Pill Hill Press, Horror Bound Magazine, Whortleberry Press, The Library of the Living Dead Press, as well as Hungur Magazine and Poe Little Thing. .

Sheri works as a freelance writer, novelist and poet. She worked in the aviation industry at the Port of Seattle and Boeing Company for 20 years as a systems analyst/architect where she edited and wrote over 40 technical systems documents and acted as an embedded systems documentation consultant, data and process architect and knowledge-based languages expert. She graduated from Western WA University with a BS in Computer Science and had completed half of an Information Systems MBA Program at City U when she retired to follow her dream to write novels. She studied writing during over 4 years of certificate programs at the University of WA Extension and various workshops and is currently back at school at Stanford and UCF where she is studying physics, astronomy, anthropology, geology and Chinese history. She is currently marketing her first two post-apocalyptic novels. Her speculative stories appear in ChimeraWorld 6, Beyond Centauri, Anotherealm, Tales of the Talisman, Beacons of Tomorrow, Aoife's Kiss, Tabloid Purposes IV, Whispering Spirits, Kaleidoscope, Dragons, Knights and Kings, Kinships, Shine! Sheri has 5 published poetry chapbooks including Decalmaker published by Pudding House Press.