About the authors
Who we are ...
As a child, Ken was irreversibly traumatized when he witnessed a man actually walking on the surface of the Moon. He's been writing science fiction and fantasy ever since. His short fiction has recently appeared in the Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, among other venues. He is a member of the Long Island Sci-Fi Writers' Group and is currently locked in a life or death struggle with a first novel. He vows to fight on.
William Freedman's first pro fiction sale, "Intentions," has been announced as the lead-off story of the upcoming Holy Horrors anthology. His novelette, "Forever and Ever, Amen," appeared in the Spirit House anthology to raise funds for survivors of the 2004 tsunami. Bill was submissions editor at the online 'zine Abyss & Apex 2005-2007. He completed a sci-fi novel -- actually a political satire dressed up as space opera -- titled Land That I Love and is seeking a publisher. His current horror novel-in-progress, The System, is a cabin-in-the-woods story that explains what's causing the current worldwide financial crisis -- and where all that money went. Bill's non-fiction specialty is business writing and his freelance clients include Investor's Business Daily, The Palm Beach Post, Global Finance magazine, The Economist Group and Euromoney Books. He held staff positions at The (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) Sun-Sentinel and Chemical Week magazine.
Ken Altabef
Kat Hankinson is a former “Star Trek: Deep Space Nine” writing intern and author of Children of the Plague, a sequel to Hugo Gernsback’s Ralph 124 C41+. She has sold story concepts to “Star Trek: Voyager” and has published poems in American and Canadian literary journals. A PhD candidate in literature at Stony Brook University, Kat has a BA and MA from Boston University and an MFA in creative writing from the University of Miami. She is a member of the Long Island Sci-Fi Writers’ Group and is currently working on a fantasy novel.
William Freedman (with Larry Storch)
A 2007 Clarion West graduate, A. Lau is an aspiring novelist who has rafted rivers in Russia, explored the mountains of China, the temples of Cambodia, and rode elephant-back in the bamboo forests of northern Thailand. Her short story "Day After" appeared in the Spirit House anthology to benefit survivors of the 2004 tsunami. Her non-fiction freelance specialty is travel and food, with articles appearing in various online and print media, including The Press of Atlantic City. She is a fencer, an amateur mythology scholar, and can make a mean green curry.
