DreamForge Anvil | Issue 1
Welcome to Issue 1 of DreamForge Anvil

Our purpose here is to deliver engaging stories while also examining the craft of storytelling. We go behind the scenes to uncover editorial suggestions, how the author revised their work, and even to take a look at the line edits leading to the final draft.

We look forward to delivering 6 issues of DreamForge Anvil this year, one approximately every two months, and we’ll alert you as each new issue goes online.

Let’s take a look at our offerings and their authors in Issue One.  

Our Contributors
Anna Madden
Two Brothers, One Stone
Anna Madden lives in Fort Worth, Texas. Her fiction has appeared in DreamForge Magazine and Upon a Once Time (anthology, Air and Nothingness Press). She has a Bachelor of Arts: English degree with a creative writing emphasis from the University of Missouri—Kansas City. In free time, she gardens, mountain bikes, and is a first reader for DreamForge Magazine and Dark Matter Magazine. To learn more, follow her on Twitter @anna_madden or visit her website at annamadden.com. 

In this issue, we are pleased to present Anna's "Two Brothers, One Stone" and go Behind the Scenes to examine its evolution in line edits.

Jamie D. Munro                  
Break Through 

Jamie D. Munro is our number one fan, first Patreon Supporter, Kickstarter supporter, and our Editorial Assistant, too! It seems Jamie found us the minute we came online and sometimes I think he understands our mission better than we do. That’s why he became our initial First Line Reader and now our official Editorial Assistant too. Jamie is an aspiring speculative fiction author from Western Australia. 

In this issue, we are pleased to present Jamie's "Breakthrough" and go Behind the Scenes to examine its evolution in line edits.
Angelique Fawns
Invasive Species                  

Angelique Fawns is a journalist and speculative fiction author. She started her career interviewing travelling the world and interviewing the most bizarre people. Now she interviews publishers and authors on horrortree.com and Mythaxis.com. (Also some wonderfully bizarre people.) You can find her short stories in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, and upcoming in DreamForge Anvil and Cosmic Roots & Eldritch Shores. Learn more at www.fawns.ca

In this issue, we are pleased to present Angelique's "Invasive Species" and go Behind the Scenes to examine its evolution in line edits.
R. E. Rule
Toward Light
R. E. Rule is a speculative fiction writer from the Midwestern United States. She discovered a deep love of fantasy, written and imagined, at a young age and has remained immersed ever since. When she isn’t writing, she might be found dancing, singing, cooking, or wandering in the wilderness. She was most recently published in the Dribble Drabble Review. More of her work can be found on the Tiny Tales blog or the Tiny Tales podcast. Visit www.rerulewrites.com to learn more.

In this issue, we are pleased to present R. E. Rule's "Toward Light,"  including notes on the origin and meaning of the story.
DreamForge Staff
Jane Noel
Design and Layout                      
Jane is the Founder of Chroma Marketing Essentials, a digital marketing agency located in Jeannette PA.  She holds a degree in Visual Communications from the Art Institute of Pittsburgh and more years of experience than she cares to count.

Before founding CME, Jane worked as an Artist, Art Lead, Art Director, and Project Manager for the computer game developer DreamForge Intertainment, where she worked on a number of early computer games, including Roger Zelazny’s Chronomaster .
Scot Noel                  
Editorial Selections, Essays and more                                              

Scot Noel is a content writer for websites, blogs, social media, e-newsletters, and the like. Speculative fiction has always been his obsession, resulting in a Writers of the Future 2nd place win in 1990, a 7-year career in computer game development, and a handful of published stories, ranging from far future and zombie fiction to the tale of a fairy sheriff fighting an evil dragon. He serves as the editor and publisher of DreamForge Anvil.

In this issue, we have Scot's essay on writing "Let's Jump In," as well as Part One of his future Earth epic, Sovereign Ice.
Jamie D. Munro                  
Editorial Assistant | Lead FLR 

Jamie D. Munro is our number one fan, first Patreon Supporter, Kickstarter supporter, and our Editorial Assistant, too! It seems Jamie found us the minute we came online and sometimes I think he understands our mission better than we do. That’s why he became our initial First Line Reader and now our official Editorial Assistant too. Jamie is an aspiring speculative fiction author from Western Australia.