When not feeding the milk vampire (his daughter), he can be found researching topics for his next story. While this sounds hectic, he has recently become a father and thus no longer sleeps. James Fadeley is a software engineer by day, a gamer in the afternoon, and writer by night. Blackrose wrote THE SUMMONER'S MARK urban fantasy trilogy for Bell Bridge Books and THE SOUL WARS, THE DEVIL'S BEEN BUSY, and ZOMBIE COSMETOLOGIST novellas through Falstaff Books. She credits her parents for teaching her to ask questions, and in lieu of facts, how to make up answers. Blackrose is fearful that so-called normal people will discover exactly how often she thinks about wicked fairies, nasty wizards, homicidal elevators, and the odd murder, even when she is supposed to be having coffee with a friend or paying something called 'bills.' As a survival tactic, she has mastered the art of looking interested. He holds a master’s degree in English literature and rhetoric from Kent State University.Īrman is the author of the NIGHT MAIDEN series, RIDING A BLACK HORSE, and BIFROST, among others.īoth Doran and Arman will be at the Cleveland ConCoction 2023 Authors Alley! For several years, Arman worked as a newspaper reporter, an editor and now teaches literature and writing at an online high school. Stories about other worlds populated by interesting characters, because he thought these people and worlds would help him reflect on the world he was living in, its beauty, horrors and absurdity. Her works include the GOLDEN DRAGON series, WU DANG: FIST OF THE WANDERER, and several short stories.Ī long time ago, in a galaxy not so far away, Dan R. Reading inevitably led to writing beginning with fanfiction, she soon graduated to original works, some of which can still be found online if searched for by a dedicated investigator. Barbara came by her love of reading early. Barbara Doran is a New Pulp writer of SF and Fantasy with Airship 27.

Necromancer's Lament by David F. Balog