W. H. G. KINGSTON (1814-1880) was a highly-popular adventure writer for young men. He published some 130 novels in his life, and is also credited with the translation of a number of Jules Verne’s works (although some of these were actually done by his wife).
DOUGLAS MENVILLE, an American writer, has worked as a professional film editor, magazine editor, book editor, bookstore clerk, and editor for The Braille Institute. His Borgo Press books include: Classics of Fantastic Literature (with Robert Reginald, 2005), Forgotten Fantasy #2 (2007), Under Egypt (with Rae Odell, 2007), Ancestral Voices (Editor with Robert Reginald, 2008), Ancient Hauntings (Editor with Robert Reginald, 2008), Dreamers of Dreams (Editor with Robert Reginald, 2008), Forgotten Fantasy #4 (2008), Forgotten Fantasy #5 (2008), King Solomon’s Children (Editor with Robert Reginald, 2008), Phantasmagoria (Editor with Robert Reginald, 2008), R.I.P. (Editor with Robert Reginald, 2008), The Spectre Bridegroom and Other Horrors (Editor with Robert Reginald, 2008), They (Editor with Robert Reginald, 2008), Worlds of Never (Editor with Robert Reginald, 2008), Forgotten Fantasy #1 (2009), Forgotten Fantasy #3 (2009), The Work of Ross Rocklynne (2010).
A. R. MORLAN, an American writer, is best-known for her two long and riveting novels of horror, The Amulet (2009) and Dark Journey (2010), plus her short story collections, Ewerton Death Trip: A Walk Through the Dark Side of Town (2011), The Chimera and the Shadowfox Griefer and Other Curious People (2012),The Fold-O-Rama Wars at the Blue Moon Roach Hotel and Other Colorful Tales of Transformation and Tattoos (2012), Of Vampires and Gentlemen: Tales of Erotic Horror (2012), ’Rillas and Other Science Fiction Stories (2012), The Hemingway Kittens and Other Feline Fancies and Fantasies (2013), and The Second Most Beautiful Woman in the World and Other Fantastic Ladies (2013), all available from Borgo Press. More collections of her unique visions of science fiction, fantasy, horror, and tattoos are forthcoming.
DINAH MARIA MULOCK (CRAIK) (1826-1887), a British writer, began writing in the 1840s, and was an immediate success with her fantasy-oriented stories and novels for young people. Her best-known work today is probably The Little Lame Prince (1874).
CHARLES PERRAULT (1628-1703), a French writer, was chiefly responsible for popularizing the fairy tale as it’s known today. His quintessential collection, Tales and Stories of the Past with Morals: Tales of Mother Goose (1697), was a bestseller of its time, and featured such classic pieces as “Cinderella,” “Little Red Riding Hood,” “The Sleeping Beauty,” and “Puss in Boots” (included herein).
KATHRYN PTACEK, an American writer, has been a writer and freelance editor for a number of decades, and has published many novels, articles, short stories, columns, and reviews in various genres. She’s the editor of the Gila Queen’s Guide to Markets, as well as the monthly Newsletter for the Horror Writers Association. Originally from New Mexico, she currently lives in New Jersey, and is the proud owner of a 129-year-old Queen Anne Victorian house, which she shares with five cats and the ghost of her late husband, writer Charles L. Grant. She likes to garden, read, putter with beads, and collect gila monster stuff. Her first collection, Looking Backward in Darkness: Tales of Fantasy and Horror, was published by Borgo Press in 2013.
ROBERT REGINALD, an American writer, has edited some 2,000 books in his career, has written13,000 short pieces, and is the author of 144 volumes of history, criticism, and popular fiction, including these recent Wildside Press and Borgo Press titles: The Phantom’s Phantom (Phantom Detective #1, 2007), The Nasty Gnomes (Phantom Detective #2, 2008), Choice Words: The Borgo Press Book of Writers Writing About Writing (Editor, 2010), Knack’ Attack: A Tale of the Human-Knacker Wars (2010), The Elder of Days: Tales of the Elders (2010), The Judgment of the Gods and Other Verdicts of History (2011), Invasion! Earth vs. the Aliens (War of Two Worlds #1, 2011), Operation Crimson Storm (War of Two Worlds #2, 2011), The Martians Strike Back! (War of Two Worlds #3, 2011), The Paperback Show Murders (2011), Academentia: A Future Dystopia (2011), The Cracks in the Æther (The Hypatomancer’s Tale #1, 2011), The Pachyderms’ Lament (The Hypatomancer’s Tale #2, 2011), The Fourth Elephant’s Egg (The Hypatomancer’s Tale #3, 2011), Yondering: The First Borgo Press Book of Science Fiction Stories (Editor, 2011), To the Stars—and Beyond: The Second Borgo Press Book of Science Fiction Stories (Editor, 2011), Once Upon a Future: The Third Borgo Press Book of Science Fiction Stories (Editor, 2011), Whodunit? The First Borgo Press Book of Crime and Mystery Stories (Editor, 2011), More Whodunits: The Second Borgo Press Book of Crime and Mystery Stories (Editor, 2011), Melanthrix the Mage (The Hieromonk’s Tale #1, 2011), The Christmas Megapack: Yuletide Stories (Editor with Mary Wickizer Burgess and John Gregory Betancourt, 2012), The Second Christmas Megapack: Yuletide Stories (Editor with Mary Wickizer Burgess, 2012), Killingford (The Hieromonk’s Tale #2, 2012), ’Ware the Dark-Haired Man (The Hieromonk’s Tale #3, 2013), The Cat [Story] Megapack: 25 Frisky Feline Tales, Old and New (Editor with Mary Wickizer Burgess and John Gregory Betancourt, 2013), The Second Cat [Story] Megapack: 26 Frisky Feline Tales, Old and New (Editor with Mary Wickizer Burgess, 2013), The Dog [Story] Megapack: 25 Curly Canine Tales, Old and New (Editor with Mary Wickizer Burgess, 2013), The Horse Story Megapack: 25 Exciting Equine Tales, Old and New (Editor with Mary Wickizer Burgess, 2013), The Doll Story Megapack: 25 Delightful Tales, Old and New (Editor with Mary Wickizer Burgess, 2013), The Third Cat Story Megapack: 25 Frisky Feline Tales, Old and New (Editor with Mary Wickizer Burgess, 2013).
DARRELL SCHWEITZER, the well-known American writer and editor of science fiction, fantasy, and horror fiction, has penned numerous works in the course of a distinguished career, including many issues of the magazine Weird Tales, and the following Wildside Press and Borgo Press books: Discovering Modern Horror Fiction I (Editor, 1999), Discovering Modern Horror Fiction II (Editor, 1999), Discovering Classic Fantasy Fiction (Editor, 1999), Discovering Classic Horror Fiction I (Editor, 1999), Speaking of Horror (Editor, 1999), On Writing Science Fiction (with George H. Scithers and John M. Ford, 1999), Windows of the Imagination (1999), The Shattered Goddess (1999), Necromancies and Netherworlds (1999), Pathways to Elfland (2000), The White Isle (2000), We Are All Legends (2000), Nightscapes (2000), Groping Toward the Light (2000), The Great World and the Small (2001), Discovering H. P. Lovecraft (Editor, 2001), Speaking of the Fantastic (Editor, 2002), The Thomas Ligotti Reader (Editor, 2003), Mask of the Sorcerer (2003), Speaking of the Fantastic II (Editor, 2004), Sekenre: The Book of the Sorcerer (2004), Ghosts of Past and Future (2008), Science Fiction Voices #1 (Editor, 2009), The Fantastic Horizon (2009), Science Fiction Voices (Editor, 2009), The Robert E. Howard Reader (Editor, 2010), The Innsmouth Tabernacle Choir Handbook (2010), Speaking of the Fantastic III (Editor, 2011), Deadly Things (2011), Echoes of the Goddess (2013), The Emperor of the Ancient Word (2013).
DAVID C. SMITH is a well-known American writer of heroic fantasy novels and stories, particularly his trilogy, THE FALL OF THE FIRST WORLD, comprising The West Is Dying (2012), Sorrowing Vengeance (2013), and The Passing of the Gods (2013), all available from Borgo Press.
BRAM STOKER (1847-1912) was a British writer best-known today for his classic vampire novel, Dracula (1897). He also penned many other fantastic and horrific novels and short stories.
MARY A. TURZILLO, the well-known American SF writer and critic, won the Nebula Award in 2000 for Best Novelette for her story, “Mars Is No Place for Children”—this piece and her novel, An Old-Fashioned Martian Girl, are recommended reading on the International Space Station. She’s also been featured frequently on the British SFA, Pushcart, Stoker, Dwarf Stars, and Rhysling award ballots. Her book Lovers & Killers (Dark Regions) won the 2013 Elgin Award for Best Collection.
MARK TWAIN (1835-1910) is best-known today for his classic American novels, Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer, but he also wrote hundreds of short works for the popular magazines of his day.
ADAM WHITE (1817-1879), an influential Scottish zoologist and entomologist, worked for many years in the Dept. of Zoology of the British Museum.
HELEN M. WINSLOW (1851-1938) was a native of New England. She published widely in the periodicals of her day, writing both short stories and nonfiction. One of her best-known books today is Concerning Cats.
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