- Ron Horsley
Ron Horsley (born
March 4 ,1977 ) is anauthor andartist responsible for numerous short stories, essays, reviews, and book cover designs.Born and raised in Columbus,
Ohio , his first published work was as editor of and contributor to "The Midnighters Club: Tales from the Harker House Collection", 2001. The collection included authors such as Darren O. Godfrey and Edmund Plante, and several stories received recognition in the 2001 Bram Stoker Awards for Best Short Fiction.His short stories have appeared in magazines such as "On Spec" and his story "In the Empty Country" appears in the "Masques V" anthology, edited and published by Barry Hoffman and
Gary A. Braunbeck (originally edited byJerry Wiliamson ).He is an alumnus of the 2002 Clarion East Workshop for Science Fiction and Fantasy Writing and a recipient of the Douglas L. Ruble scholarship fund for science fiction writing and development.
His book cover designs have appeared on Gary A. Braunbeck's non-fiction collection, "Fear in a Handful of Dust", and his time-travel collection, "x3". He also designed the covers for both editions of "The Midnighters Club" anthology and
Lucy A. Snyder 's collection "Blood Magic".Horsley and his wife reside in Las Vegas,
Nevada . In February, 2006 he was diagnosed with a colorectal cancer and advancedCrohn's Disease and underwentchemotherapy . As ofDecember 12 ,2006 , he has been determined as in remission and recovering from the illness. He currently works as a graphic designer in the Las Vegas/Henderson area. [ [http://www.midnightersclub.com Ron Horsley Writing & Design ] ]References
Publications/Recognition
cite web
author=FantasyBookSpot.com
title=Ron Horsley's "Joy, Unbottled" makes you re-think bathtubs as lawn ornaments.
publisher=FantasyBookSpot.com
year=2006
work="Modern Magic"
url=http://www.fantasybookspot.com/node/1327
accessdate=
accessyear=cite web
author=HorrorWeb
title=Ron Horsley's "In the Empty Country" one of Masques V's standout tales.
publisher=HorrorWeb
year=2006
work="Masques V"
url=http://www.horrorworld.org/june_2006.htm
accessdate=
accessyear=cite web
author=Locus Magazine
title=Cover Artists & Publications
publisher=Locus Magazine
year=2003
work="x3" & "Fear in a Handful of Dust"
url=http://www.locusmag.com/index/yr2003/c5.htm
accessdate=
accessyear=cite web
author=Locus Magazine
title=Short Story Publications 2003
publisher=Locus Magazine
year=2003
work="...And the Red Light was My Mind"
url=http://www.locusmag.com/index/yr2003/s40.htm#A1555
accessdate=
accessyear=cite web
author=Authors Den
title="The Midnighters Club"
publisher=Infinity Publishing
year=2001
work="Starbird" by William Gagliani
url=http://www.authorsden.com/visit/viewwork.asp?id=3008
accessdate=
accessyear=cite web
author=Zone SF
title="Rex Tempus"
publisher=Zone SF
year=2002
work="Rex Tempus" by Ron Horsley
url=http://www.zone-sf.com/lifesigns.html#h
accessdate=
accessyear=cite web
author=FeoAmante.com
title="William Gagliani receives Honorable Mention for Midnighters Club story"
publisher=FeoAmante.com
year=2002
work="Starbird" by William Gagliani
url=http://www.feoamante.com/FeoNews/FeoNews_winter_2002.html#jan
accessdate=
accessyear=cite web
author=Clarion Writers Workshop
title="2002 Workshop Participants"
publisher=MSU
year=2002
work=
url=http://www.msu.edu/~clarion/newsletter/nl22/Report02.html
accessdate=
accessyear=cite web
author=Masques V
title=Masques V edited by Jerry Wiliamson & Gary Braunbeck
publisher=Gauntlet Press
year=2006
work="In the Empty Country" by Ron Horsley
url=http://jnassise.wordpress.com/books/masques-v/
accessdate=
accessyear=cite book
author=William P Simmons & David Silva
title=Vivisections
publisher=Catalyst Books
year=2006
work="The theatre at the End of the World" by Ron Horsley
accessdate=
accessyear=cite web
author=W.H. Horner
title=Modern Magic
publisher=Fantasist Entertainment
year=2006
work="Joy, Unbottled" by Ron Horsley
url=http://fantasistent.com/books/anthologies/MM.php
accessdate=
accessyear=
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