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This issue�s who�s who.
Ken Honeywell
(�My Huckleberry Friend�) is a freelance writer and poet. His work has appeared in several small press science fiction publications. He is also the author of Bobby Plump: Last of the Small Town Heroes, a
biography of the man whose last-second shot in a state final basketball game was the inspiration for the movie Hoosiers. Ken�s current projects include a mystery novel and a nonfiction audio book about the
future of the Internet. He lives in Indianapolis with his wife Suzanne, teenage son Nick and two golden retrievers.
Barton Paul Levenson�s (�Along with Captain Gooding�) fiction has appeared once before in these pages (�Scrunched Up,� FO #3). His fiction has also appeared in publications such as Marion
Zimmer Bradley�s Fantasy Magazine, and he has published articles in The New York Review of Science Fiction. He was prohibited from entering the Confluence Short Story Contest again after winning first
prize two years in a row. He has a degree in physics and more than seven years� experience in computer programming, and therefore, he says, works as a typist. His website is at .
Scott Nicholson (�Honesty�) has published over 40 stories in six different countries and he won the grand prize in the Writers of the Future contest
in 1999. His first novel, The Red Church, will is scheduled to be released as a mass market paperback from Pinnacle Books this month (June), and his novel Metabolism is scheduled for release in the summer of 2003. Nicholson works as a journalist in the Appalachian Mountains of North Carolina. He operates a website with writer interviews, reviews and articles at https://www.hauntedcomputer.com.
Richard Parks� (�Some Archival Material on the 2198 Stellar Expedition�) fiction has appeared in many magazines, including Asimov�s Science Fiction, Science Fiction Age, Realms of Fantasy, and Weird Tales.
His work also appeared in David Hartwell�s Year�s Best Fantasy, and another story of his will appear in the second volume of this anthology. His website is at .
Philip J. Lees� (�Waiting for the Blues�) fiction has appeared in Writers of the Future Volume XVII. He writes computer software for money and fiction for fun. In fact, he says, he writes both for fun, but the programming pays better (so far). He lives by the sea on the island of Crete, in Greece, where he is currently babysitting two goldfish while working on a novel about clones.
Brian Plante�s (�Something Meaningful�) fiction has appeared twice before in these pages (�Wolf�s Cure,� FO #3, and �Best Friends,� FO #4).
He has also sold over 40 stories to various magazines such as Analog Science Fiction and Fact, Realms Of Fantasy,Amazing Stories, and all five of the Darkfire anthology series. He claims to have initially gotten involved in fiction writing as a means of weaning himself from an increasingly unsuccessful career as a rock musician. He now makes a respectable living as a computer support specialist for a major bank in North Carolina. He has stories forthcoming in Analog and the Beyond the Last Star anthology. See what else he�s up to at
Martin J. Dougherty
(�Space Stations: White Elephants in the Sky�) resides in the United Kingdom where he works as a full-time writer and analyst. Much of his work is in high-technology sectors of the defense industry, particularly the naval sector. He freelances in the gaming industry and is currently line editor for the Traveller science fiction role-playing game published by QuikLink Interactive, Inc. His nonfiction work includes a handbook for teachers and a self-defense manual, and his fiction includes three Fantasy novels, a Napoleonic military adventure and a science fiction novel set in the universe of the Traveller game, due for release in December. When not writing, he is a fencing instructor at the University of Sunderland and is heavily involved in martial arts and self-defense. He says he is also inordinately fond of Malt Scotch and claims to be able to play the guitar. His ambitions are simple: �to be better.� His website is at http://www.travellerrpg.com/MJD.
Avi Das
(�Do Androids Brag about the One that Got Away?�) is a self-taught artist who meandered into the realm of digital art 6 years back. He is also an independent filmmaker/animator. He says that he likes to �create an image, which conveys a story and/or is caught at a crucial juncture of the narrative.� He lives in India.
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