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Murray, Will
Working name of US author William Patrick Murray (1953-2026), who showed an interest throughout his career in Superheroes of the Pulp tradition (on which he was a known authority) such as Doc Savage, about which figure he wrote the nonfiction Secrets of Doc Savage (1981 chap). In this context he had been literary agent for Lester Dent's estate since 1979. ...
Heathcock, Alan
(1971- ) US author, mostly of short fiction, most of which is nonfantastic; active from the late 1990s. VOLT: Stories (coll of linked stories 2011) contains his best gonzo-grit early work. He is of sf interest for 40 (2022), set in a Near Future America devastated by Climate Change, Pandemic and civil unrest; the tale takes an ...
Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine
Australian Semiprozine, usually abbreviated as ASIM though with no connection to Asimov's. It is published by Andromeda Spaceways Publishing Co-op, initially at Glenn Innes, New South Wales, but the publishing and editorial responsibilities shift irregularly among a consortium that includes, but is not limited to, Zara Baxter, Tom Dullemond, Andrew Finch, Robbie Matthews, Ian Nichols, Ben Payne, Simon Petrie, Joel Schanke, ...
Lasaitis, Cristina
(1983- ) Brazilian medical doctor, editor and author whose first book, Fábulas do Tempo e da Eternidade ["Fables of Time and Eternity"] (coll 2008), contains strikingly cogent interplays between the SF Megatext and her professional focus on Biology and the neurosciences, most of the tales featuring examinations of the nature of ...
Calder, Natasha
(? - ) Scottish author who attended Clarion West in 2018 (see Clarion Science Fiction Writers' Workshop) and began to publish work of genre interest with "Wife Cro" in Lackington's, Fall 2019 (anth 2019 ebook) edited by Ranylt Richildis. Her first novel, The Offset (2021) with Emma Szewczak, writing together as Calder Szewczak, is set in a ...
Clute, John
(1940- ) Canadian critic, editor and author, in the UK from 1969; married to Judith Clute from 1964, partner of Elizabeth Hand since 1996. He began to publish work of genre interest with an sf-tinged poem "Carcajou Lament" in Triquarterly for Winter 1960 [ie Autumn 1959]; he began consistently publishing sf reviews in his "New Fiction" column for the Toronto Star ...