THE james k burk is the party incarnation of James K Burk the writer. His newest novel, The Twelve, has received favorable attention and his previous novel Home Is The Hunter was half of Double Dog #3, from Yard Dog Press. His short stories, including "The Trailer Park Vampire meets the Bubba Yumbie," have appeared in several of the Bubbas of the Apocalypse collections.
Daniel has appeared numerous times in Gardner Dozois' The Year's Best Science Fiction anthologies. He has authored five books and numerous short stories. The novels Metaplanetary and Superluminal are part of a series, based upon the short story "Grist."
Hailing from the Northwest, Beefy is a massive presence in the nerdcore hip-hop scene. Since 2005, Beefy has been pushing his positive, pop culture influenced message worldwide, beginning with his debut The Whitesican EP. Never afraid to make references to X-Men comic books or video game vixens, Beefy has also found a way to create his own style backed by pop, rock, and hard powered rap production.
Words, words! S. A. Bolich has been chased by words since before she even really knew what they were. She won her first short-story contest in the sixth grade, and has been known to scribble on paper plates on camping trips for lack of other writing materials. After side trips into the army as an intelligence officer, corporate world as a project manager, and the classroom teaching web design, she engineered an escape to full-time freelancing a few years ago and never looked back.
Matt Vancil is an award-winning writer and filmmaker and the Director of Development for Dead Gentlemen Productions. He wrote and directed the fantasy-comedy cult films The Gamers and The Gamers: Dorkness Rising. His comic fantasy webseries, JourneyQuest, completed its first season on Hulu in November. Matt is a graduate of the American Film Institute in Hollywood and has an MFA in Screenwriting. He lives in Tacoma with his wife and too many cats.
My name is CthulhuBob Lovely. (My Mom would say my name is Robert Lester Lovely.) Born 14 June 1962 in Abilene, Texas, I grew to adult age in Columbus, Ohio. Thankfully, I managed to avoid growing up. I currently live in Missoula, Montana with my beautiful wife, and I also have a son and two amazingly cool daughters.
First off, let me say that I am not a Doctor. So if I tell you to lie back on the couch and tell me your darkest secrets, don’t believe me. My psychology background can be written on a grain of rice and my medical background is best described as evil and illegal. Dr. Dave is just a nickname that got pinned on me countless years ago when I used to work for a Department of Entropy contractor and wore those dorky security badges around my neck like an albatross. I suppose it’s better than some of the other nicknames I’ve earned.