Story Details
Published on 2019-06-03
Publisher Scot Noel and Author Jane Lindskold discuss zombies, a topic of which Scot is rather fond and Jane finds less appealing. What is it about the flesh-eating undead that makes some of us see a great story where others think its only gory?
Author Details
Scot has always written Science Fiction and Fantasy Fiction. Indeed, from the moment he learned to scribble in cursive, he began to split his time between playing with toys and writing tales of their plastic adventures. In time, he went on to earn a degree in English and to make his living via the keyboard. _____________________________________________________ Scot has had stories published in Pandora, Strategy Plus, and Tomorrow Magazine and his short story, “Riches Like Dust,” was selected for the Writers of the Future anthology, Volume VI in 1990, becoming the springboard for a career in computer game development as writer, project manager and voice director for several award winning games. He is now Publisher and Editor-in-Chief for DreamForge Magazine. _____________________________________________________
Jane Lindskold has published over 30 novels and countless short stories. She grew up in Washington DC, got a Ph.D. in English with concentrations in Medieval, Renaissance, and Modern British Literature. She settled in New Mexico in the 90s. She met Scot Noel (electronically) in the mid nineties when Scot was the Project Manager for a computer game developer working on Chronomaster, an original game based on a concept by Roger Zelazny. During the project, Roger died and Jane worked to finish the game. Jane and Scot (and his wife Jane) became long-time pen pals and friends.
Illustrator Details
Frank Schurter
As a boy growing up in Columbus, Ohio, Frank Schurter read a lot of Ray Bradbury short stories, watched a lot of Star Trek and Twilight Zone, and wanted desperately to draw comic books. He discovered the joys of digital illustration while earning his Bachelor of Fine Arts with a Major in Illustration at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. Against considerable odds, he found employment doing illustration, animation, and game design, including many years at DreamForge Intertainment in Greensburg, PA with Scot and Jane Noel (later to become founders of DreamForge Magazine). Nowadays, Frank is a Web Design and Development instructor at Pittsburgh Technical College. A lifelong student of comedy, he also leads and performs with the Amish Monkeys comedy improv troupe (see amishmonkeys.com).
The Walking Yuck
Author Details
Scot has always written Science Fiction and Fantasy Fiction. Indeed, from the moment he learned to scribble in cursive, he began to split his time between playing with toys and writing tales of their plastic adventures. In time, he went on to earn a degree in English and to make his living via the keyboard. _____________________________________________________ Scot has had stories published in Pandora, Strategy Plus, and Tomorrow Magazine and his short story, “Riches Like Dust,” was selected for the Writers of the Future anthology, Volume VI in 1990, becoming the springboard for a career in computer game development as writer, project manager and voice director for several award winning games. He is now Publisher and Editor-in-Chief for DreamForge Magazine. _____________________________________________________
Jane Lindskold has published over 30 novels and countless short stories. She grew up in Washington DC, got a Ph.D. in English with concentrations in Medieval, Renaissance, and Modern British Literature. She settled in New Mexico in the 90s. She met Scot Noel (electronically) in the mid nineties when Scot was the Project Manager for a computer game developer working on Chronomaster, an original game based on a concept by Roger Zelazny. During the project, Roger died and Jane worked to finish the game. Jane and Scot (and his wife Jane) became long-time pen pals and friends.
Illustrator Details
Frank Schurter
As a boy growing up in Columbus, Ohio, Frank Schurter read a lot of Ray Bradbury short stories, watched a lot of Star Trek and Twilight Zone, and wanted desperately to draw comic books. He discovered the joys of digital illustration while earning his Bachelor of Fine Arts with a Major in Illustration at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. Against considerable odds, he found employment doing illustration, animation, and game design, including many years at DreamForge Intertainment in Greensburg, PA with Scot and Jane Noel (later to become founders of DreamForge Magazine). Nowadays, Frank is a Web Design and Development instructor at Pittsburgh Technical College. A lifelong student of comedy, he also leads and performs with the Amish Monkeys comedy improv troupe (see amishmonkeys.com).