Contributors with Profiles — Page 30

Mark Ferguson has written science fiction, fantasy novels and short stories since youth. Outside of writing he performs research in microsystems, nanotechnology and device integration.

Mark Nuzzi lives in New Jersey, enjoying middle age and everything that comes with it. When not in his own universe, he spends time as an aquarium hobbyist, an amateur astronomer, writing stories and feeding the wildlife in the backyard.

Mark R. Vickers is a Florida writer and researcher who has published short fiction, poetry, essays, and the literary fantasy novel "The Tollkeeper." At thetollkeeper.com, he blogs about how ancient myths continue to shape our modern lives.

Marlene Elaine Brasco is an undergraduate student at the College of William & Mary. Her greatest passion is writing and her quest to highlight the magic found within everyday life in her work. Aside from writing, she loves reading, spending time with her family, and playing with her chocolate Labrador.

Marlin Bressi is a horror fiction writer and the author of four nonfiction books, including "Hairy Men in Caves: True Stories of America's Most Colorful Hermits" (Sunbury Press, 2015) and "Pennsylvania Oddities" (Sunbury Press, 2018).

Marsden Lyonwahl lives in his head. A graduate from the University of Washington, he's been published in 7th-Circle Pyrite and Altered Reality Magazine. This is not the last you've heard from him.

Martin Foroz was born in Iran in 1964 and earned BA and MA in English Literature and a Ph.D. in Applied Linguistics. He left Iran for Oman in 2014 and has been living there as an expatriate professor of English Language and Literature since then.

For the first 29 years of my life, I grew up with the smells of Eucalyptus trees, and the old Mission churches with their euphoric music.

Mary Ann McGuigan’s short fiction has appeared in many journals. Mary Ann taught English for nearly a decade and was a business and finance editor at Bloomberg L.P. A native of the Bronx, NY, she grew up there and in Jersey City.

Mason Yates is from a small town in the Midwest, but he currently lives in Arizona, where he studied at Arizona State University.

Matt Dennis is an English teacher and part-time author. When he’s not marking essays, he’s writing short stories and putting the finishing touches on a speculative fiction novel.

Matt Grimes grew up in the New York/New Jersey area and now teaches middle school English in suburban Maryland just outside of D.C. He played baseball in college and loves the Yankees. Outside of teaching and trying to write, he spends a lot of time with his dog, reading too much Hemingway or Steinbeck, and wasting money playing terrible golf.

Matt Witt is a writer and photographer in Talent, Oregon. His work may be seen at MattWittPhotography.com.

Matthew Dexter is an American freelance writer living in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.

Matthew Chabin is an emerging writer from Portland Oregon. He now lives in Nagano Prefecture of Japan, and is the author of a memoir, 'Equaling Heaven.'

Matthew Mota is a writer from Chicago, Illinois. He went to the University of Illinois for engineering but still makes time to write. Creating unique short stories and poetry are his ways of navigating the universal hardships of life.

Maui Holcomb grew up in the Northwest and currently lives and writes in Burbank, California, toiling in the lower echelons of the film industry attempting to make movies sound good. Previously published in a variety of magazines and journals, he spends his free time cleaning up after his wife and two daughters.

Maurice Forrester is a software developer and writer living in central New York.

Michael Dundrea recently earned his MFA in Creative Writing at Eastern Washington University. He lives with his fiance, Alex, in Spokane where they have recently decided not to watch any more episodes of "House of Dragon."

Michael Fiorito is currently a contributing short story editor for Mad Swirl magazine. In 2018, his short story collection "Freud's Haberdashery Habits & Other Stories" was published by Alien Buddha Press.

Michael is a high school English teacher in Ozark, Alabama. He has been published in fictionontheweb.com and is currently at work on a novel to be published in the near future hopefully. More of his work can be found at scribophile.com.

Michael James Tapscott is a San Francisco Bay Area-based writer, musician, and songwriter. Since 2004, he has been recording, releasing, and performing under various names.

Michael L. Sussman, born in New York, has lived most of his years in Oregon. He has written many songs, a handful of scripts, a boxful of jokes, and a collection of film reviews, essays, and poems.

In the past year, Michael Smith’s fiction has appeared in Fabula Argentea, Witcraft, Literally Stories, Microromance, Heimat Review, The Hooghly Review, Little Old Lady Comedy and many other online literary journals.

Michael W. Clark has a Ph.D. in molecular biology from U.C.L.A. He has been a research scientist as well as an entrepreneur. Along with these professional endeavors, he has been writing fiction and poetry since he was a teenager.