Editorial StaffEditorial Staffhttp://www.darkscribemagazine.com/editorial-staff/2008-10-10T15:15:28ZSquarespaceLisa Morton / Featured ScribeGuest Scribehttp://www.darkscribemagazine.com/editorial-staff/lisa-morton-featured-scribe.htmlDark Scribe Magazine2008-10-10T14:11:13Z2008-10-10T14:11:13ZSinging the Blues with Del Howison

A reformed screenwriter, Lisa Morton is now the proud author of three books of nonfiction (The Cinema of Tsui Hark, The Halloween Encyclopedia and A Hallowe’en Anthology). Her short fiction has been published in numerous books and magazines; recent and forthcoming appearances include the anthologies Winter Frights, Unspeakable Horror: From the Shadows of the Closet, The Living Dead and Midnight Premiere. Lisa won the 2006 Bram Stoker Award for Short Fiction, and she currently lives in North Hollywood.

More information at her official author website.

]]>Richard Hipson / Featured ScribeGuest Scribehttp://www.darkscribemagazine.com/editorial-staff/richard-hipson-featured-scribe.htmlDark Scribe Magazine2008-07-02T13:26:32Z2008-07-02T13:26:32ZBioPic.jpgJack Ketchum Talks About the Horrors That Live 'Next Door'

Richard Hipson hails from Ontario, Canada, where he entertains his demons by convincing his girlfriend that this "writing thing" is just a hobby while simultaneously contributing his soul to the various online and print publications crazy and unsuspecting enough to let him fool around in their dark playgrounds when no one's watching.

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]]>John R. Little / Featured ScribeGuest Scribehttp://www.darkscribemagazine.com/editorial-staff/john-r-little-featured-scribe.htmlDark Scribe Magazine2008-07-02T13:14:30Z2008-07-02T13:14:30ZJohn%20R.%20Little.JPG

Live From Salt Lake City...It's the 2007 Stoker Awards!

John R. Little has been writing horror and dark fantasy short stories for more than 25 years. In 2007, he published his first two books. The Memory Tree - his first novel - was nominated for the Bram Stoker Award. Placeholders, a novella, was nominated for the Black Quill Award. He has several new books planned for publication in 2008.

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]]>William I. Lengeman III / Featured ScribeGuest Scribehttp://www.darkscribemagazine.com/editorial-staff/william-i-lengeman-iii-featured-scribe.htmlDark Scribe Magazine2008-07-02T13:12:08Z2008-07-02T13:12:08Zlengeman.jpgTen Essential Works of Horror

William I. Lengeman III is an Arizona-based freelance journalist and publisher of the website, Tea Guy Speaks.

]]>Chad Helder / Featured ScribeGuest Scribehttp://www.darkscribemagazine.com/editorial-staff/chad-helder-featured-scribe.htmlDark Scribe Magazine2008-07-02T12:57:39Z2008-07-02T12:57:39ZChad07web.JPG

The Literary Renaissance of the Zombie

Chad Helder has been fascinated with the horror genre since the release of Michael Jackson's Thriller when he was in the fifth grade.

He is the author of two forthcoming comic book lines from Bluewater Productions – Bartholomew of the Scissors and Vincent Price Presents. He is also the author of The Pop-Up Book of Death, his first collection of poetry. Online versions of his poems can be read at his poetry website Queer Poetry. He is also the founder of Unspeakable Horror, a literary website about the horror genre with an emphasis on queer studies.

Chad holds two literary degrees: a BA in English with a minor in creative writing from the University of Northern Colorado and a MA in English from Western Washington University with an emphasis in critical studies. Chad's poetry mentors include James Doyle, Rita Kiefer, and Bruce Beasley. Dr. Janie Hinds was Chad's mentor and inspiration for pursuing literary criticism.

Chad currently teaches Composition and Literature at Whatcom Community College. He lives with his boyfriend Tshombe Brown in beautiful Bellingham, Washington.

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]]>Michele Lee / Contributing ScribeEditorial Staffhttp://www.darkscribemagazine.com/editorial-staff/michele-lee-contributing-scribe.htmlDark Scribe Magazine2008-07-02T12:54:03Z2008-07-02T12:54:03Zmicheleauthorpic.jpgMichele Lee is a writer, reviewer, and all around lover of good stories. Her work has appeared in Cthulhu Sex Magazine, From the Asylum magazine, Nocturnal Ooze, and Read by Dawn: Volume One, with forthcoming works in Black Ink Horror and Pseudopod. Michele adores reading and promoting great fiction.

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]]>Jeff Burk / Contributing ScribeEditorial Staffhttp://www.darkscribemagazine.com/editorial-staff/jeff-burk-contributing-scribe.htmlDark Scribe Magazine2008-07-02T12:51:48Z2008-07-02T12:51:48ZContributor%20Photo%20-%20Jeff%20Burk.JPGJeff Burk lives in Indiana, Pennsylvania. He regularly writes reviews for the Dream People webzine and the Alternative Reality webzine.

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]]>Derek Clendening / Contributing ScribeEditorial Staffhttp://www.darkscribemagazine.com/editorial-staff/derek-clendening-contributing-scribe.htmlDark Scribe Magazine2008-07-02T12:47:17Z2008-07-02T12:47:17ZContributor%20Photo%20-%20Derek%20Clendening.jpgDerek Clendening lives in Fort Erie, Ontario. He is a member of the Horror Writers Association (HWA) and author of the chapbook Blood Verse: The Vampire As Poet (Sams Dot Publishing). His novel The Vampire Way is forthcoming from Naked Snake Press.

]]>Blu Gilliand / Contributing ScribeEditorial Staffhttp://www.darkscribemagazine.com/editorial-staff/blu-gilliand-contributing-scribe.htmlDark Scribe Magazine2008-07-02T12:27:24Z2008-07-02T12:27:24ZBio2BWsmall.jpgBlu Gilliand is a freelance writer whose articles and stories have appeared in Dark Discoveries, The Delirium Insider, and Shroud Magazine, as wellas the website Hellnotes. His author interviews have included Joe Hill, Gary Braunbeck, Tim Lebbon, and Kealan Patrick Burke.

His short story "Toll" will appear in the forthcoming anthology Horror Library: Volume 3 (from Cutting Block Press), and his short story "Mother Ocean" will appear in the forthcoming anthology Northern Haunts (from Shroud Publications).

He lives in Alabama with his wife and twin daughters.

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]]>JG Faherty / Contributing ScribeEditorial Staffhttp://www.darkscribemagazine.com/editorial-staff/jg-faherty-contributing-scribe.htmlDark Scribe Magazine2008-07-02T12:23:52Z2008-07-02T12:23:52ZContributor%20Photo%20-%20JG%20Faherty.JPGJG Faherty's fiction has appeared in many publications, including Cemetery Dance, MagusZine, Wrong World, and Shroud Magazine. He's also appeared in several well-received anthologies.

JG helped launch Doorways Magazine as its original Fiction Editor and he contributes regular columns and interviews to several online publications and the Horror Writers Association newsletter.

A freelance writer with over 15 years of experience, his background includes working as a laboratory manager, accident scene photographer, zoo keeper, research scientist, and resume writer, and he's been professionally published multiple times in the field of grade school
education.

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