Six authors appearing in our issues for the first time have kindly included brief bio sketches with their submissions. And we’re happy to include that of a seventh, who’s been with us from the beginning.
New writer Lou Antonelli isn’t really a new writer at all. He is a longtime newspaper editor and reporter with multiple awards from the Texas Press Association in editorial, column, and feature writing. He made his debut June 19, 2003, in Revolution Science Fiction.
My name is Deep Bora and I have graduated from Agra University. At present, I am a free-lance journalist and I reside in the state of Assam, situated in north-eastern part of India. I live in Guwahati, the capital city of Assam. I write stories on science fiction, sometimes bordering on the doors of realities and at other times encompassing such heights that, well... please read my stories!
Mr. Bora adds elsewhere that although English is his first language, he is fluent in Hindi and Sanskrit. Assam is located at the foot of the Himlalayas.
Hailing from the U.K. and trying to cope with his European slant on the world, Paul Drew is a new SF&F writer who hopes to plumb the depths of emotion that the future would create. This is his first ‘sale’ and he's immensely proud to have Bewildering Stories publish it, though with certain Editors now being held hostage he’s sure to get paid soon!
Norman A. Rubin, of Afula, Israel writes: Former correspondent (Israel) for the Continental News Service USA. and a free-lance writer for the past sixteen years writing articles on subjects that include Near East culture and crafts, archaeology, history and politics; religious history and rites, etc. Featured in publications world-wide. Israel: Jerusalem Post; England: Coin News, Minerva, Oriental Arts, etc.; USA: Ararat, Letter Arts Review, Archaeology, etc.; Japan: Spotlight; Hong Kong: International B. Now retired, I have turned — along with the informative articles — to short story compositions in all genres, which have appeared at WritersHood.com, storymania.com, Good All Days magazine, etc. And now Bewildering Stories.
Alex Shternshain is a 35-year old Electronic Engineer from Israel who likes to take a temporary breaks from writing technical specifications in favor of SF/F stories. Much like Tolkien, most of his ideas are born while telling bedside stories to his two children. Here endeth the resemblence.
Kenji Siratori is a young Japanese author who classes himself as a “hypermodern writer working in a digital environment.” He has published a book, Blood Electric. Born in 1975, he currently lives in Sapporo, Japan. Official site: http://www.kenjisiratori.com
Editor’s note: Mr. Siratori’s contribution in this issue, “PIG” (an acronym), is an example of hypermodern poetry. Correspondence shows that Mr. Siratori has an excellent command of written English.
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And now a seventh author. It’s somehow fitting to end with a belated bio of John Thiel. As veteran readers of Bewildering Stories know, he’s been with us from the beginning. At that time we didn’t have these formal introductions; but now that we do, we’ll gladly roll out the welcome mat for everyone, no matter how long they’ve been with us.
John Thiel was born in Gary, Indiana and read his first SF in Valparaiso, Indiana at the age of eight. He tried writing sf and fantasy stories while in grade school and, when in fifth grade won an honorable mention for his Boy’s Life story contest entry, “Rocket Into the Past.”
He started a fanzine when he was twelve and organized the Junior International Science Fiction Club when he was fourteen, but all of his fiction, such as “The House That Jack Built” — about a man living in an experimental home on an asteroid who loses contact until he is contacted by some gods of space — has been published in fanzines. At one time he was contributing plots to the NFFF story bureau’s stockpile. He’s enjoying putting short stories at net sites and is now the editor of a netzine, Surprising Stories, reachable via a Bewildering Stories link on the “Links” page. He isn’t saying what he’ll do in the future.
We look forward to hearing more from you all in the future!
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