Martin Greenberg - Pandora's Closet

Judi Rohrigis just an Indiana housewife with a computer in her kitchen. Her fiction has been published in Masques V, Furry Fantastic, Dreaming of Angels, Extremes V , and Cemetery Dance Magazine, and her essays have been published in On Writing Horror, Personal Demons, and The Orbit #2 . The former editor and publisher of Hellnotes was honored with a Bram Stoker Award in 2005 and the Richard Laymon Award in 2001. Visit her online: www.judirohrig.com.

Michael A. Stackpoleis an award-winning author, game and computer game designer, and poet whose first novel, Warrior: En Garde, was published in 1988. Since then, he has written thirty-six other novels, including eight New York Times bestselling novels in the Star Wars® line, of which X-wing: Rogue Squadron and I, Jedi are the best known. Mike lives in Arizona and in his spare time spends early mornings at Starbucks, collects toy soldiers and old radio shows, plays indoor soccer, rides his bike and listens to Irish music in the finer pubs in the Phoenix area. His website is www.stormwolf.com.

Peter Schweighoferlives in Virginia, and is primarily known for his writing in role-playing games, including work done on the Star Wars ® RPG, The World of Indiana Jones, and the Men in Black Roleplaying Game . His fiction also appears in such anthologies as Alien Abductions, Far Frontiers, and Historical Hauntings .

A. M. Stroutwas born in the Berkshire Hills, mere miles from writing heavyweights Nathaniel Hawthorne and Herman Melville, and currently lives in historic Jackson Heights, New York (where nothing paranormal ever really happens, he assures you). His first novel, Dead to Me , will be published by Ace in 2008. He is the cocreator of the faux folk musical Sneezin’ Jeff & Blue Raccoon: The Loose Gravel Tour (winner of the Best Storytelling Award at the First Annual New York International Fringe Festival). In his scant spare time, he is an always writer, a sometimes actor, sometimes musician, occasional RPGer, and the worlds most casual and controller-smashing video gamer. He currently works in the exciting world of publishing-and yes, it is as glamorous as it sounds.

Kelly Swailsis a Clinical Laboratory Scientist by day and a writer by night. She and her husband, Ken, live in Illinois with three cats named Kahlua, Morgan, and Moonshine. She never wears earrings.

Elizabeth A. Vaughanis the author of Warprize, War-sworn, and Warlord, the three books that make up Chronicle of the Warlands. She believes that the only good movies are the ones with gratuitous magic, swords, or lasers. Not to mention dragons. At the present, she is owned by three incredibly spoiled cats and lives in the Northwest Territory, on the outskirts of the Black Swamp, along Mad Anthony’s Trail on the banks of the Maumee River.

Timothy Zahnhas been writing science fiction for more than a quarter of a century. In that time he has published thirty novels, more than eighty short stories and novelettes, and four collections of short fiction. Best known for his eight Star Wars novels-the latest, Star Wars: Allegiance, was recently published-he is also the author of Night Train to Rigel and the young-adult Dragonback series. The Zahn family lives on the Oregon coast.

Sarah Zettelwas born in Sacramento, California. Since then she has lived in ten cities, four states, and two countries. She started writing while still in high school and has never stopped. To date she has published twelve novels, as well as a series of short stories and opinion essays in a variety of genres. She currently lives with her family in Michigan. When not writing she gardens, plays fiddle, practices tai chi, and reads lots and lots of picture books to her son Alexander.

[1]The annotations, provided by miss Belle Holder

[2]“Mom, my name should come first. B comes before N. I am a published author now, so let’s play by the rules.”

[3]“Mom, that’s great. I’m tired. I’m going to bed. Here are some interesting facts about lizards: some lizards live for as long as twenty years. Did you know that? Probably not.”

[4]To wit: “But do remember this, Gentle Reader: Lightning Merriemouse-Jones was destined for greatness.”

[5]· When Belle was five years old, an approaching woman came to a dead stop approximately two feet in front of her. The lady’s eyes widened with admiration, and she bent down to address Belle in that singsong voice which some adults use when addressing children:

“Oh!” she said. “You are such a beautiful little girl! Look at those big blue eyes! Have you ever thought of becoming a fashion model when you grow up?”

Whereupon Belle replied, “Actually, I would like to be an entomologist.”

[6]N.B. from Holder the Elder: This may not be too surprising, as Cheddrick M-J was an admirer of the writings of H.G. Wells, and spent many an evening chewing upon the tomes of the esteemed author.

[7]“No, it’s a purple, blue, and green taxi cab arriving out of a royal purple mist, tinted with gold (unless it’s hinted with gold. What does hinted with gold mean?) Okay, it’s tinted.”