I'm the author of a trilogy of novels that are set be published by Del Rey starting in 2009; the first book in the series is entitled Spellbent. I'm also the author of Sparks and Shadows, a cross-genre short story collection from HW Press. My humor collection Installing Linux on a Dead Badger (And Other Oddities) came out in October 2007.

My fiction goes all over the road, although I do tend to write genre stories (science fiction, fantasy, horror, etc.) more often than straightforward mainstream fiction.

I write a column for Horror World on science and technology for writers; to date, I've made over 70 short fiction sales, over 20 poetry sales, and I've sold a bunch of nonfiction on topics ranging from faeries to medicinal botany to ethernet switches. If you'd like to see the whole list of my publications, take a look at my bibliography.

The story that's gained the most attention is probably "Installing Linux on a Dead Badger: User's Notes". There are other stories related to it:

• "Authorities Concerned Over Rise of Teen Linux Gangs"
• "Graveyard Shift"
• "Faery Cats: The Cutest Killers"
• "Your Corporate Network and the Forces of Darkness"

DE Christman illustrated several of the stories, and you can see his work in the header graphic of this website.

I'm a graduate of the Clarion workshop and I'm co-founder of Writeshop. I'm also one of the admins at Everything2, and for the past several years I've directed the annual Context Writing Workshops.

I've also worked on the publishing end of things. For about 7 years, I published Dark Planet; I also served as an editor for the prozines Strange Horizons and HMS Beagle.

In another life, I created Cyberbotanica, a resource for learning about plants used in cancer treatment. I began it when I was working as managing editor for IU's BioTech project. Sadly, I no longer have access to their server and can't update the pages, so I'll probably move them here in the future.

If you'd like to learn more about me, take a look at my biography or read through some of my interviews.

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