Sarah A. Hoyt (“If I Lose Thee …”) occasionally takes time away from writing to keep her husband, two kids, four cats, and two guinea pigs from starving and/or suffocating beneath piles of laundry. The idea for this story grew out of research for her upcoming first novel from Ace, Down the Rushy Glen, which, happily, makes her ineligible to enter the contest next year.
Rebecca Lickiss (“If I Lose Thee …”) lives in Colorado Springs with her husband and four children. She has very little free time, so what she has she spends reading or writing. She is continuing her writing career working in universes of her own creation, because, having finally sold a novel, Eccentric Circles, she is ineligible for Strange New Worlds IV.
Dayton Ward (“The Aliens Are Coming!”) makes his third and final Strange New Worlds appearance. A Florida native, Dayton moved to Kansas City during service with the U.S. Marine Corps. Nowadays he’s a systems engineer and lives with his wife, Michi, who really wishes he’d just grow up. Fat chance.
Susan Ross Moore (“Family Matters”) had her first story praised when she was ten. Since that day she’s worked to be a published writer. She lives in central Indiana with her husband and a varying number of cats. She’s an editor for a computer book publisher and is finishing a novel.
Robert T. Jeschonek (“Whatever You Do, Don’t Read This Story”) resides in Ebensburg, Pennsylvania and directs public relations and publications at a nearby college. He spent over a decade as a television producer/director and writes news and feature stories for newspapers and magazines. The thirty-four-year-old has a Star Trek novel and a comic book miniseries in the works.
Tonya D. Price (“A Private Victory”) draws on her twenty years as a software executive for story material. She resides in Franklin, Massachusetts with her husband and two daughters. She recently attended Viable Paradise. Her writing career began when she sold her hand-drawn comics to sixth-grade classmates. This is her first professional sale.
Kelly Cairo (“The Fourth Toast”) is the self-anointed communications guru of Cairo Communications, specializing in writing, editing, desktop publishing, media relations, and video production. She enjoys knitting and drumming, hopes to find an agent for her fiction writing, and appreciates the free plug for her business. Kelly and her husband, Jeff, and daughter, Alex, live in the Phoenix area.
E. Catherine Tobler (“One of Forty-seven”) makes her home in Colorado, where she works as a nanny. In her free time, she enjoys astronomy, reading, traveling, and music. “One of Forty-Seven” is her first published short story; it won’t be her last.
Shane Zeranski (“A Q to Swear By”) at nineteen years of age, after the death of his father, lives at home and attends college in Ontario, Oregon. He aspires to write at least four best-selling novels and win an Academy Award. He promises everyone that the whole world will soon know his name.
Logan Page (“The Change of Seasons”), thirty-eight, has written six novels and numerous short stories, which he is presently marketing. He is also a professional artist in media including bronze sculpture, painting, and Native American handcrafts. He grew up in Omaha and Fremont, Nebraska.
Jerry M. Wolfe (“Out of the Box, Thinking”), a longtime Trek fan, lives with his wife, Sawat, in Eugene, Oregon. When not writing, he teaches mathematics at the University of Oregon. He is also a proud “Wordo,” a member of the Eugene Professional Writer’s workshop. The current tale is his third published story.
Kim Sheard (“Ninety-three Hours”) is thrilled to be published in her second Strange New Worlds anthology, proving that she is not a one-hit wonder. She wishes to thank her on-line Trek-fan buddies for inspiring her to revisit fiction writing several years ago. Prior to that, her last stories were written in childhood.
G. Wood (“Dorian’s Diary”) is married and residing in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. The author writes computer programs for a livelihood and science fiction/fantasy stories for sanity’s sake, and feels that the success of this first submission ever proves that sometimes miracles do come true.
Andrew (Drew) Morby (“The Bottom Line”) has spent the last fifteen years thinking, “If nothing better turns up, I’ll try writing.” Thanks to the loving support of his family, his heart Lisa, and her beautiful daughter, Danielle, he finally realized there is no better choice. He would also like to thank the AOL Workshop.
John Takis (“The Best Defense …”), born in 1980, is realizing a lifelong dream with the publication of this volume. It is his aspiration to write professionally. In what field, he cannot say, but science fiction certainly sounds good! He wishes to thank his friends and family, and all the Star Trek buddies therein.
Gordon Gross (“An Errant Breeze”) is actually equal parts Eve Gordon and Harold Gross. The symbiotic byline has appeared previously in both Fantasy and Science Fiction magazine and Analog magazine. Outside of their writing lives, both are computer professionals with jaded histories in the performing arts and the proud owners of two cats and a one-eyed box turtle.
Mary Wiecek (“The Ones Left Behind”), thirty-eight, is a full-time mom who lives in Ohio with her husband, Tom, three great little kids—Matthew, Danny, and Elizabeth—and a neurotic cat named Boo. In her rare free time, she paints, writes, plays on the computer with her Internet Trek friends, and has entirely too much fun.
Diana Kornfeld (“The Second Star”) lives in Lee’s Summit, Missouri, with her husband, Steve, two daughters, and an iMac. After earning an M.A. in English and teaching for twenty years, she finally decided it might be fun to write. Currently she writes for educational Web sites and teaches English and web design.
Ann Nagy (“The Monster Hunters”) is a Canadian who lives in North Carolina with her husband, Les, and many pets including a komondor named Sehlat. When not day trading, she is working on a Star Trek novel. She owns ninety-nine writing books and this is her first published story.
Jackee Crowell (“Gift of the Mourners”), living in Charlotte, North Carolina, is still a busy wife and mother of (at last count) three children and three fish. “Gift of the Mourners” marks her second appearance in a Strange New Worlds anthology.