GERARD HOUARNER
Gerard Houarner is a Bronx resident, mental health professional, and writer. His novels include the fantasy, THE BARD OF SORCERY, and horror novels, THE BEAST THAT WAS MAX (Leisure) and ROAD TO HELL (Leisure, January 2003). During the past 28 years, he's also had over 180 sf, fantasy and horror short stories published, earning 22 Honorable Mentions in various editions of the Year's Best Fantasy and Horror. Some of these stories have been gathered in collections: PAINFREAK, I LOVE YOU AND THERE IS NOTHING YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT, BLACK ORCHIDS FROM AUM, and VISIONS THROUGH A SHATTERED LENSE (coming 2002). His short story, Dead Cat Bounce, was a Stoker Award finalist, and spawned an anthology of Dead Cat stories to be called DEAD CATS BOUNCING and scheduled for publication in 2002. He also edited the anthology, GOING POSTAL, and serves as Fiction Editor for the longest running small press genre magazine of its kind (33 years and counting), Space and Time. Gerard's list of publishing credits grows at a dizzying rate. Visit him at...