Timelines: Stories Inspired by H.G. Wells' the Time Machine (50 page)

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Victorya
was named Miss Luna Landing runner-up 1969, Miss Garlic Festival 1977, and Miss Construed 1999. She likes to make up her biographies. Her work can also be seen in
War of the Worlds: Frontlines
(An NFP anthology),
Necrotic Tissue
,
Shroud Magazine
and
Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine
. That part’s true.

John Medaille
has been published in
Pseudopod
,
Everyday Weirdness
and the
Three-Lobed Burning Eye
. He is currently working on a short story collection called:

Hideous Tales of Doomed Spacemen, Demonic Cameras, Protoplasmic 

Flesh-Eaters, The Supernatural, U.F.O.s, Interdimensional Beasts, 

Evil Children, Misunderstood Robots, Telephone Calls 

from Beyond the Grave, Mayhem, Murder 

AND THE MACABRE!

Vincent L. Scarsella
I have gained modest success in publishing my work in print magazines such as
The Leading Edge, Aethlon: The Journal of Sport Literature, Fictitious Force
. Several of my short stories have appeared in the online zine,
Aphelion-Webzine
, as recently as March 2009 (“Simulation Addicts”). In September, 2007, my short story, “Vice Cop” was included in the anthology,
New Writings in the Fantastic
, from Pendragon Press edited by award winning John Grant. In March 2008, my story, “Practical Time Travel,” was published in
Bound For Evil - Books Gone Bad
, by Dead Letter Press . Another story, “Homeless Zombies,” appeared in the April 2009 anthology,
Dead Science
, by Coscom Entertainment. My short story, “Killers,” was also selected for the companion volume to
Timeliness
,
War of the Worlds: Frontlines
, being published by Northern Frights Publishing.

I have been an attorney for thirty years, am an adjunct professor at the University of Buffalo School of Law, and am currently employed as an investigative lawyer for the New York Department of Taxation and Finance. I have self-published a non-fiction book,
The Human Manifesto: A General Plan For Human Survival
, a self-help book for humanity, which can be purchased at: http://www.thehumanmanifestobook.com

Ruthanna Emrys
lives in Chicago with her wife, three neurotic cats, and a relatively stable boa constrictor. Her work has previously appeared in
Analog
and
Strange Horizons
. http://ashnistrike.livejournal.com

Derek J. Goodman
is the author of
The Apocalypse Shift
from Library of Horror Press and
Machina
from M-Brane Press. His stories have also appeared in publications such as
Zombology II, Nossa Morte,
and
Letters From the Dead.
He currently lives in Wisconsin.

Eric Ian Steele
is a produced screenwriter from Manchester, England. His sci-fi/action feature,
Clonehunter
was released by Pandora Machine Films on DVD in North America and Canada in August 2010. He has three more features optioned in Los Angeles and Europe, and is represented by Sue Giordano of the Hudson Agency in New York. As well as having several short films in production across the United States, he has had short stories published in anthologies such as
POW!erful Tales
,
In Bad Dreams 2
,
Terror Tales
and
The Random Eye
. After spending twelve years in the British police force, he is now qualified as an attorney.

Gerald Warfield
After half a lifetime in music, Gerald Warfield switched to writing. He has fifteen books to his credit: textbooks in music and how-to books in investing. After retiring to Texas, he writes only fantasy and soft sci-fi. This is his first publication in fiction.

Jacob Edwards
was born in 1976 in Brisbane — Australia’s River City — and studied at the University of Queensland, graduating with a BA (English) and an MA (Ancient History). In addition to writing fiction that has been published in Australia, Canada and the USA, Jacob also edited #45 of the
Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine
(http://www.andromedaspaceways.com/). He lives in Brisbane with his wife and son.

William Wood
lives with his wife and children in an old Shenandoah Valley farmhouse turned backwards to the road. He was born in South Carolina, grew up in the US Navy, and travelled the world until he ran into himself, somewhat painfully. His fiction has been cornered and captured with minimal loss of life in anthologies from House of Horror and Living Dead Press and is forthcoming from Library of the Living Dead, Black Matrix Publishing, and Lame Goat Press. Shorter works have found homes at
Flash Me Magazine
,
Alienskin Magazine, Everyday Fiction
and
Everyday Weirdness
. William seeks concision, happiness, and additional voices to keep company the others in his head.

Brandon Alspaugh
is an active member of the SFWA and HWA whose work has been previously seen in publications such as
Apex, Weird Tales, City Slab
, and others. He is the only child he knows whose mother was called in by the teacher to discuss his ‘excessive reading’, and can only assume they’d rather he found a street corner somewhere to loiter on.

Jason Palmer
enjoys traveling and relocates frequently. He has disinterestedly held many different jobs, both menial and professional. His fiction ranges from dark comedy to apocalyptic horror.

Daliso Chaponda
is a Malawian stand up comedian and fiction writer whose work has appeared in genre publications such as
Apex Digest
and
Ellery Queen’s Mystery
. He has performed his particularly deranged brand of stand up comedy in Africa, Europe, North America and Asia. He is currently based in the UK. His website is www.daliso.com

Desmond Warzel’s
work has appeared, or is shortly forthcoming, in such publications as
Daily Science Fiction, Abyss & Apex, Shroud,
and
Redstone Science Fiction
. He published his first short story in 2007 and rapidly developed a worldwide cult following. To this day, he can’t walk down the street in Asia or Latin America, though his critics suggest this is because he resides in Pennsylvania and has no means of traveling to those places.

Matthew Johnson
has published stories in
Asimov’s Science Fiction
,
Fantasy Magazine
,
Strange Horizons
and many other places. He recently published his first novel,
Fall From Earth
, with Bundoran Press (www.bundoranpress.com.) His work has been translated into Czech, Danish and Russian and several of his stories have been reprinted or received honourable mentions in various year’s best collections. He lives in Ottawa, Ontario with his wife Megan, his son Leo and two very patient cats. www.zatrikion.blogspot.com 

JW Schnarr
is the evil mastermind behind Northern Frights Publishing. He currently resides in Champion, Alberta Canada with his daughter and a grumpy turtle. When not writing, editing or publishing, he can be found scheming. And watching sports. A member of the HWA, he is the Editor of
Shadows of the Emerald City 
and
War of the Worlds: Frontlines.
Look for his Short Fiction collection
Things Falling Apart
as well as his novel
Alice and Dorothy,
a story filled with lesbian sex, drugs, and mass murder. Both will be available in 2010. http://jwschnarr.blogspot.com

Douglas Hutcheson
used to play with Shogun Warriors and therefore believes it would only be fair to return the favor. When that terrible turnabout comes, he wants it known that his fiction and poems appeared in publications including
Treasure Chest
,
Luminary
,
Stillpoint
,
Analecta
and
Staccato
. His story “The Travellin’ Show” manifested in
History is Dead
and received Honorable Mention in
The Year
’
s Best Fantasy and Horror
. He was a WITI-featured writer at Choate Road. He co-edited the Halloween-themed anthology
Harvest Hill
. V. Ulea accepted his story “There’s No Time” for
Quantum Genre on the Planet of the Arts
. For a limited period, he is available via facebook.com/douglas.hutcheson.

Mark Onspaugh
grew up on a steady diet of horror, science fiction and DC Comics. An HWA member, he writes screenplays, short stories and novels. His ghost horror film
Kill Katie Malone
is now in post-production and he is the co-writer of zombie cult fave
Flight of the Living Dead
. Mark’s stories also appear in
Shadows of the Emerald City
(JW Schnarr, ed.),
War of the Worlds: Frontlines
(JW Schnarr, ed.),
The Book of Exodi
(Michael K. Eidson, ed.),
The World is Dead
(Kim Paffenroth, ed.),
Footprints
(Jay Lake & Eric T. Reynolds, ed.),
The Book of Tentacles
(Scott Virtes, Edward Cox, Susan R. Campbell, ed.),
Triangulation: Dark Glass
(Pete Butler, ed.) and
Thoughtcrime Experiments
http://thoughtcrime.crummy.com/2009/
. He also has an essay on monsters in the forthcoming
Butcher Knives and
Body Counts
(Dark Scribe Press). He lives in Los Osos, CA with his wife, author/artist Dr. Tobey Crockett and three enigmatic cats. www.markonspaugh.com

Lyn C. A. Gardner
Catalog librarian by day, Lyn C. A. Gardner coedits the journal
Virginia Libraries
. She’s had over two hundred poems, stories, and articles published in
Strange Horizons
, the Green Knight Press anthologies
Legends of the Pendragon
and
The Doom of Camelot
,
Challenging Destiny
,
MindFlights
,
Talebones
,
The Leading Edge
, and more. Two stories and a poem earned honorable mention in
The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror
(Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling); four poems were nominated for the Rhysling Award (SFPA).

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