| A. Ray Norsworthy is a writer living in Oklahoma, formerly of New York City. His works of fiction have appeared in a number of national journals, including Native American anthologies. He is the author of several produced plays. Currently he is at work on a novel while his short fiction writing continues. He lives with his beautiful wife and their six tame possums. He may be contacted at CHARISMOX@aol.com or visit his website at http://home.att.net/~araynorsworthy/. Amy Sterling Casil is a 1984 graduate of the Clarion Science Fiction Writers Workshop and has been the moderato of the America Online Science Fiction Writers Workshop since 1994. She currently co-moderates the workshop with Craig Tambo and Mark MacAlester. Her debut story "Jonny Punkinhead" appeared in the June, 1996 issue of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, receiving critical notice and recommendations for a Nebula award in 1997. Her short fiction has also received Honorable Mention in The Year`s Best Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois in 1997 and 1998, and in The Year`s Best Fantasy and Horror, edited by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling. Other short fiction has appeared in Talebones and other small press publications. Her novelette, "Chromosome Circus," a sequel of sorts to "Jonny Punkinhead," will appear this summer in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. She is the only four-time Finalist in the Writers of the Future Contest, receiving recognition in 1995, 96, 97 and 98. Her 1997 finalist story, "Jenny With The Stars In Her Hair," appears in the Writers of the Future Anthology Vol. XIV., and her story, "My Son, My Self," which won 3rd Prize in the first quarter 1998 WOTF competition will appear in the WOTF anthology Vol. XV. She also writes articles and interviews for Speculations Magazine, "not just another parasitic growth on the butt of the industry," (actually, it`s "For Writers Who Want to Be Read!") and the Novel Advice online newsletter, as well as an industry newsletter for Writers Club on the Web. She will receive her MFA in creative writing program from Chapman University, Orange, CA, in May, 1999, and is teaching SF and Fantasy writing through the AOL Online Campus, the NovelAdvice site, Writers Club on the Web, Web-Edu and UC Riverside Extension. She is a staff member for the Writers Club on the Web, the Internet version of America Online`s Writers Club. She has been a member of Science Fiction Writers of America (SFWA) since 1995. Visit her website at http://members.aol.com/asterling/amypage.htm Roy Scarbrough (Guest Editor) labored for years as a newspaper journalist, which at the time seemed to be a sensible thing for him to do as a writer. Not so sensible was flying off to Spain to run from the bulls in Pamplona. In recent years, his sensibilities turned to fiction. He taught community college English for a while, but happily discovered the merits of menial jobs and irregular employment upon a writerly life. He lives in Ashland, Oregon, a mountain town that lures in tourists with Shakespeare plays. His Zoetrope- workshoped story, "Sleeping Dogs" is in the current Florida Review. roy9951@aol.com. Tomi Danaher (Guest Editor) is a full-time writer, mother, wife, and student. She lives in a trailer somewhere this side of the rainbow, and is in constant fear of tornadoes (you remember the wicked witch don`t you?). She is currently completing a BA in English, after which she hopes to get a job, feed/clothe her kids, or perhaps just veg for a while until she figures out how to navigate the rainbow. She lives with her hubby, Steve, and her two stunning daughters Ryan Jae and Dylan Harmony, who are aged thirty-two months and fifteen months, respectively. They are the air she breathes. Visit her website at http://members.aol.com/atomicray/life1/index.htm or e-mail her at E-mail her at ATOMICRAY@aol.com.
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