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GUY RIESSEN HAS BEEN a devoted horror, sci-fi, and fantasy fan from day one...maybe it was year five, I dunno, those early years are a little hazy from this end. A fervent gamer, and role-playing zealot who has been happily creating worlds within any system from D&D to Call of Cthulhu for his gaming groups, Guy found the siren call to write speculative fiction impossible to ignore, so he loaded up his truck, and he moved to Beverly....
No wait, hold on, that’s jumping the gun a bit ... he was a phlebotomist—before it was even cool to be a phlebotomist. Then, not ready to give up the ‘ph,’ he spent several years managing a photolab back when cameras had to be filled with stuff called film, which despite the name, had almost nothing to do with soap scum. Oh, and there were a dozen years spent drawing pixels on a computer screen and calling it video game art ... followed by another dozen years drawing pixels on a computer screen, but this time calling it visual effects for motion pictures. There was some other stuff mixed in there—construction, computer programming, a degree from UC Berkeley—but, man, when there’s a siren call, you answer it, right? I mean, it ain’t Avon, it’s an effin’ siren, yeah?
So, he decided to start creating high-octane thrill-rides, made of cool words and rad punctuation, about badass Miskatonic Researchers laying down the hurt on the minions of the Mythos, and other sweet dark fiction thrillers jacked up on nitrous and a wide-open throttle. And that’s when you guys join the story, so buckle up, man, it’s time to rock and roll!
Or you could do the tea thing, in a comfy chair, kickin’ back with your paperback or your e-reader. There’s always that, and Guy won’t judge. He’s cool like that.
But what about Beverly Hills? What? Nah, man, the dude lives in the tiny town of Sebastopol, CA.
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