Contributors with Profiles — Page 24

Charles Kruger is a writer because he doesn't know how to keep his mouth shut. He paints too.

Christina Chin is a painter and haiku poet from Malaysia. She is a four-time recipient of top 100 in the mDAC Summit Contests, exhibited at the Palo Alto Art Center, California. 1st prize winner of the 34th Annual Cherry Blossom Sakura Festival 2020

Christine Benton Criswell is a writer and physician in San Antonio, Texas. Her hobbies include tai chi, reading, and watching 'Project Runway.'

"Galactic Roads, Take Me Home." Christopher Henckel is a writer of science fiction and fantasy with a healthy dose of Appalachian mischief.

Christopher Yermack is happy to be here.

Claire Wilcox Is an addiction psychiatrist, associate professor of translational neuroscience and writer.

Cody Walzel is an 8th generation Texan raised by a single mother in a rural town with a munitions plant and a biker church. Growing up he pronounced names like Matt with two syllables (Ma-yatt). He’s got a long lost older sister. He watched his truck driving Grandad get in fights on his delivery route, and had a stepdad who lost his leg in a hunting accident and then continued hunting.

Colin James and his wife, Jane currently reside in Western Massachusetts. He is a great admirer of the Scottish landscape painter, John Mackenzie.

Cynthia Bernard is a woman in her early seventies, a long-time classroom teacher and an emerging writer of poetry, short fiction, and creative nonfiction. She lives with her husband, their pets, and many houseplants on a hill overlooking the ocean, about 25 miles south of San Francisco.

Dale Ashauer writes poems and stories that sometimes almost make sense. He enjoys a good edit.

Damon Yeargain has had numerous short stories—both fiction and nonfiction—accepted for publication. He tends to place characters in difficult situations to see what unfolds: sometimes humorous, sometimes inspiring, but always worth the ride. He lives in Livermore, California, with his wife, son, two cats, and a dog.

Daniel P. Douglas is the pen name for identical twins Phillip and Paul Garver. Phillip, a U.S. Army veteran, former intelligence analyst, and retired federal government employee, and Paul, with 30 years in the museum profession including the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, write science fiction, suspense, and thrillers.

Daniel Stride has a lifelong love of literature in general, and speculative fiction in particular. He writes both short stories and poetry. Daniel lives in Dunedin, New Zealand.

Darrell T.Smith grew up in Cleveland, Ohio and relocated to Oklahoma City in 1982 where he is a real estate broker and investor and a wannabe artist.

From childhood I kindled three dreams: to one day become a father, a writer, and a baseball player. Two of three ain't bad. (I shall neither confirm nor deny holding out deluded hope for the third.)

Dave Clark is a short story writer who lives in Cambridge, England, where he works as a postgraduate administrator at the University.

David Blitch is a disabled Pastor and author living in Fleetwood, Pennsylvania. He loves concerts and skydiving.

David Henson and his wife have lived in Brussels and Hong Kong and now reside in Illinois. His work has been nominated for four Pushcart Prizes, Best of the Net and two Best Small Fictions and has appeared in various journals.

David Newkirk is a retired attorney living in Kansas City, Missouri. After thirty years of writing boring legal documents, he decided to try writing things that people might actually enjoy reading.

David Sebek was born in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, and spent his early childhood traveling between the Northern and Southern Hemispheres before settling in Houston, Texas. As a writer, he explores the darker edges of imagination in short stories that blend realism with the uncanny.

David Simmons was born in Washington, D.C. during the crack epidemic. David is a multi-instrumentalist who has made several contributions to many major hip hop albums.

David William Jurgenson got his English writing minor at the University of San Francisco. He was an exchange student at Oxford University, England, where he studied fiction writing. David plays drums in a rock band in Northern California and lives in Novato with his puppy Honey Whiskey.

David Wright is a writer and teacher living on Canada's majestic west coast. He has a lovely wife, two sparkling daughters and more than 50 published short stories. His work has appeared in Neo-opsis, Aiofe's Kiss, Forgotten Worlds and many other cool magazines.

Devin’s job as a night watchman comprises sitting at a desk monitoring a county building, which allows him eight uninterrupted hours of reading and writing (best job ever).

Devon Field lives in Vancouver, BC, where he writes and podcasts. He hosts the medieval history podcast 'Human Circus: Journeys in the Medieval World.'