Aelle Ables

Aelle is a speculative fiction writer who also indulges in a ghost story when an odd one comes to mind. She lives in North Texas with her husband and daughter, 4 cats, 2 dogs and a backyard full of birds. She has a Bachelor's degree from the University of Texas in Business Computers, and she spent several years as a DB2 data base administrator for a bunch of Fortune 500 companies. Leaving that behind, she now writes full-time, when time allows. Her latest publication was in Alien Skin Magazine's August/September 2007 issue, a story called "The Potion Maker". She likes to play online computer games, feed the birds, work crossword puzzles, walk in the woods and watch thunderstorms.

Dan Anders

The myths and legends of Appalachian Mountains combined with fundamentalist religious teachings to form a storytelling basis that Dan is just beginning to explore. He left the mountains to join the US Air Force which took him to Europe and opened his mind and heart to other world cultures. Currently Dan lives in the DFW area and works as a data manipulator for a marketing research company. The themes of humanity, time, existence and the hard choices of the future play heavily in his work.

Jerry J. Davis

The son of an inventor, a journalist kicked out of journalism class, and a computer technologist with a vivid imagination, Jerry's publications include the novel TRAVELS (iPublish, 2001) and the stories "Justification" and "The Penalties of Pirating," both of which appeared in Aboriginal Science Fiction Magazine. "Justification" was also translated to Dutch and printed in Visionair SF Magazine in the Netherlands. You can find out more than you'd ever want to know about Jerry at his website Blind Optimism or email him at me@jjdavis.net.

Elizabeth Hardage

I write fantasy, science fiction and the occasional horror story, as well as poetry. My poem "Galatea" was published in the November/December 2001 issue of Star*Line and I have sold two poems to The Magazine of Speculative Poetry. For the last two years I've helped moderate the Science Fiction Writers Workshop on AOL.

Derek James (Emeritus)

By virtue of fate, Derek James lives in Dallas, Texas. He works by day as a technical writer for a huge gray corporation, and at night he scribbles his dreams on paper. His story "A Piece of Bamboo" has been published at Strange Horizons. He can be found on the web at http://www.derekjames.net, and contacted at blue5432@yahoo.com.

Melanie Miller Fletcher

Melanie Fletcher writes, knits, quilts, bellydances, fences, herds cats and functions on way too little sleep. She has sold over a dozen stories, has been published in three countries, and thanks to an odd dream about Esther Friesner's dining room she is currently working on her first YA novel. She has also produced the chapbooks THE STORIES THAT WOULD NOT DIE!, DARK MATTER: EROTIC SF AND FANTASY and FEMMES FATALE (Belaurient Press), available through PayPal or wherever Melanie makes an appearance.

Bill Ledbetter

Bill lives near Dallas with his wife, the one kid who has still not left the nest, and way too many animals. He writes mostly science fiction and his short stories have been published by Jim Baen's Universe, Yard Dog Press, Continuum Science Fiction, Quantum Muse, Distant Worlds and Sci-Fi Dimensions among others. In addition to writing, he is also the associate publisher/editor at DARK ENERGY SPECULATIVE FICTION and the current president of his local National Space Society chapter.

Visit his website at www.williamledbetter.com.

Gloria Oliver

Born in 1964 in Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico, Gloria bounced around several states during the teenage years, finally ending up in Texas for good. Married for twenty years, she is the proud parent of a very independent daughter. She originally entered the University of Texas in Arlington to obtain an Aerospace degree, but eventually moved over to the University of Texas in Dallas to gain a BA in Interdisciplinary Studies, and is currently working in the finance/accounting field.

Her credits include two Fantasy Novels published through Zumaya Publications called IN THE SERVICE OF SAMURAI and VASSAL OF EL. She also has short stories in the following anthologies: THE FOUR BUBBAS OF THE APOCALYPSE: FLATULENCE, HALITOSIS, INCEST AND NED, SMALL BITES and FUNDAMENTALLY CHALLENGED.

Hobbies at present include reading, writing, Japanese Anime, translating Japanese comics, and online gaming. For more info about Gloria or her works, come take a look at www.gloriaoliver.com.

Robert Pickering (Emeritus)

A reformed programmer and graduate of the Odyssey 2002 workshop, Robert fought off his friends' advice to take up writing until just a few years ago. He's spent most of that time recovering from the shock that comes with finding out how hard it really is to write something people will pay money for. Under the pen name "Robert Trentus" he's published (farce) fantasy at Dragonlaugh. His one try at SF sold to another site. . .but they didn't pay like they said they would, so no free plug.

Send him mean e-mails at robertpickering@attbi.com.

Delilah Rehm

Delilah Rehm, a Texas native, lives with her husband, Steven, and two children, Roland and Emily. She received a Bachelors of Arts degree in psychology from the University of North Texas with a minor in history. Winning the FenCon short story contest with "Double Edge" was best part of 2006! She has 24 short stories within the game, Depths of Peril (www.depthsofperil.com), soon to be released September 2007.

Laura Seaborn

Laura waited for the aliens at Manchu Piccu on the Millennium. Only the President of Peru with his heavily armed body guard arrived. (I've a story there.) Giving the aliens another chance, Laura visited Rosewell, NM. Laura's decided the aliens have already arrived, and live amongst us. Surely you suspect a few.

Being a CPA, the creative juices of Laura's mind simmered for twenty years suppressed by a hard shell of accounting principles and tax codes. A crack in the shell allowed a seepage of imagination that swelled to a raging torrent. (Well, raging something.) This spewage became a fantasy thriller trilogy, now in revision. Combining a love of history with fantasy, Laura just completed a YA fantasy time travel novel. She also writes short stories, dabbling in science fiction and horror — Beware the SHELL.

Jeff Turner

Jeffrey Turner grew up in Michigan, though he spent a good deal of his time in more exotic locales such as Narnia and Middle Earth. His first two novels, DRAGON'S BANE AND GOSSAMER and THE HUNDREDTH MAGIC will be available later in 2002. He now works for Microsoft and lives in Fort Worth with his wife Kerry, his daughter Merry and his two biggest fans, Shiloh and Cinder. When he's not writing Jeff plays ice hockey, juggles, and travels to SFF conventions around the U.S. His web page can be found at http://www.JeffTurnerFiction.com.