Cirsova #2

Adrian Cole was born in Plymouth, Devonshire, in 1949. Recently the director of college resources in a large secondary school in Bideford, he makes his home there with his wife, Judy, son, Sam, and daughter, Katia. The books of the Dream Lords trilogy (Zebra books 1975–1976) were his first to be published. Cole has had numerous short stories published in genres ranging from science fiction and fantasy to horror. His works have also been translated into many languages including German, Dutch, and Italian. Apart from the Star Requiem and Omaran Saga quartets being reprinted, some of his most recent works include the Voidal Trilogy (Wildside Press) and Storm Over Atlantis (Cosmos Press).

Shawn Hossein Mansouri is the author of roughly forty short stories, one collection, one novelette, one television pilot script, and has written more broken novels than he cares to remember. While he writes mostly in the realm of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror, he loves to mash-up everything and anything under the sun, and prefers to call it all fantasy, anyway. He earned a BS in Biology from the University of California, Riverside, and an MFA degree from the University of California, Riverside, Palm Desert Low Residency Program. Shawn lives in Southern California with his wife Cymphonee and their Ridgeback Atreyu.