Michael Scott Bricker
Excerpt
For them, it was the end of the world. The icons of biblical vengeance were everywhere, (the fires, the pain, the ghostly, inexplicable touch of the Great Mortality), and even Bubo, who had spent centuries within the slow embrace of death, found a hopelessness here that he had not endured since the Quiet Ones had transformed him from man to monster. Stone houses with thatched roofs rustled with the sound of rats, and yet these people looked elsewhere for the seeds of plague; comets and stars, bad air, the hand of a loveless creator.
Bio
I graduated from Clarion West in 1990 and Clarion Classic in 1993, making me a true glutton. My first fiction sale was made not long after attending my first Clarion.
Since that time I’ve sold stories to various markets, and have recently completed a novel that takes place, in part, during the Black Death. I currently work at a library in Southern California.
Publications
"Hunting By Moonlight," in Midnight Zoo Magazine, (Volume 2, Issue 2, September 1992).
"Rattle Rumble," in Young Blood, (anthology), Zebra Books, New York, (March, 1994).
"The Darkness in Her Touch," in 100 Vicious Little Vampires, (anthology), Barnes & Noble Books, New York, (October, 1995).
"Symphony For the Quiet Ones," in Blood Muse, (anthology), Donald I. Fine Books, New York, (December, 1995).
"Autumn in the Clockwork Forest," "Two Shades, Hearts in Shadow," and "Western Moves," in A Horror Story a Day, (anthology), Barnes & Noble Books, New York, (October 1998).
"After Welles," in Whitley Strieber's Aliens, (anthology), Pocket Books, New York, (December 1998).
"Mourning Glory," in After Shocks, (anthology), Nightshade Books, (August 2000).
"Love and Glass," in Bones of the World, (anthology), sff.net Books, (September 2001).
“After Welles,” in War of the Worlds: Frontlines (anthology), Northern Frights Publishing, (June, 2010).
“Love and Glass,” in Timelines (anthology), Northern Frights Publishing, (forthcoming).
Writing Description
I write science fiction, fantasy, horror, and everything in between.
Goals
I'd like to write 250 words a day during Clarion West.
Please support my writing goals, and help assure that the Clarion tradition carries forward. New writers deserve the opportunity to become the published authors of tomorrow. Please help.
Website
http://home.earthlink.net/~msbricker/index.html
