J.C. Hay is an SFR Galaxy Award-winning author of Science Fiction Romance, a proud member of Romance Writers of America; the Fantasy, Futuristic, and Paranormal genre chapter; and the SFR Brigade (for fans and writers of Science Fiction Romance). He lives, writes, and knits in an outpost on the edge of habitable space, also known as the Northwest, and is a proud defender of the Oxford comma.
For Kevin M. Hayes, involvement in science fiction, fantasy and horror began at a very young age as an insatiable reader. Eventually he grew from passive reader to active participation as a writer. He became involved with Parsec, the SF/F/H organization in Western Pennsylvania and had his first story, “Rumpled Bedfellows” published in a fan produced anthology called “Six from Parsec.” (it’s still available if you ask nicely) Then his story, “The Thithshtach Diner” won the Parsec Short Story Contest in 2001 He went on to sell it to an e-zine called “Speculon.” He’s been published in Parsec INK’s first two Triangulation anthologies in 2003 and 2004 and even had clean limericks in a chap book. He’s had stories in “The Realm Beyond” and “TV Gods” both from Fortress Publishing and also a story in WorD Publishing’s first anthology: “Knee Deep in Little Devils.” He’s working on another anthology for WorD called “Beer, Because Your Friends Aren’t That Interesting” and he has co-moderated the WorD writing and critique group for over ten years. He is deeply involved with Parsec and the Pittsburgh science fiction community on many levels. It isn’t clear how Kevin became involved with PseudoPod, EscapePod, PodCastle and Cast of Wonders, but when he found them, he knew he wanted to narrate stories, as well as write, and has had the good fortune to have done it for over eight years.
Rosemary Hayes is an Australian writer who has had over 550 short stories published in magazines around the world including Australia, the UK, America, South Africa, Sweden and Norway. Her first horror/supernatural thriller ebook Evil Lives is available at your favorite booksellers under the byline R.M. Hayes. She loves writing stories of all genres including thriller, crime, mystery and supernatural. Most of these could be classed as ‘tame’ but occasionally stories that are darker and grittier find their way to the page, such as “The Boy Who Killed His Mother.”
Matt Haynes is the artistic director of The Pulp Stage Theatre company in Portland, Oregon. This January, the company will be premiering BOX: A Live Science Fiction Trilogy co-authored by Matt and acclaimed speculative fiction writer Tina Connolly. You can learn more about the show and its current fundraising campaign at The Pulp Stage.
Jason Helmandollar lives in Columbus Ohio. He loves to write but his main job is fighting against crime for the government. Along with that, he also teaches young children about criminal justice. His main publication ‘The Backwards Fall’ has been hugely successful, featuring in Encounters Magazine, Bartleby Snopes, Title Goes Here and Sideshow Fables. His other story, ‘Unrecoverable’ was published in the Columbus Writing Competition. Jason Helmandollar’s ultimate goal in life is ‘to sit around all day in his boxers and make stuff up’, reflecting his love of writing. He draws his inspiration from his job, his family and friends. This is borne out in his stories which explore psychology and personal relationships. One of his stories ‘Bedrock’ was based on three spontaneously generated images.
Russell Hemmell is a French-Italian transplant in Scotland, passionate about astrophysics, history, and Japanese manga. Recent stories in Aurealis, Cast of Wonders, Lightspeed, and others. They are a SFWA, HWA, and Codexian member. Their historical horror novella The Chancels of Mainz published by Luna Press Publishing was longlisted for the BSFA 2023. Find them online at their blog earthianhivemind.net and on Twitter @SPBianchini
Grady Hendrix writes fiction, also called “lies,” and he writes non-fiction, which people sometimes accidentally pay him for. His next novel is a Faustian bargain signed with heavy metal power chords — We Sold Our Souls.
Joe L. Hensley was a lawyer, prosecuting attorney, member of the Indiana General Assembly, circuit court judge, science fiction fan, and writer of science fiction and mysteries. While working as a law student, lawyer, legislator and judge, Hensley wrote science fiction and crime fiction (and at least one auto-racing story for a pulp magazine) as Joe L. Hensley and Louis J. A. Adams. (more…)