| BRUCE BOSTON Speculative Fiction & Poetry |
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Biographical Note
My poetry and fiction have appeared in hundreds of
publications, including Asimov's SF, Amazing Stories,
Realms of Fantasy, Strange Horizons, Weird Tales, The
Pedestal Magazine, The Twilight Zone Magazine, Year's
Best Fantasy & Horror, and the Nebula Awards Showcase.
I've won the Bram Stoker Award for poertry, the Asimov's
Readers' Award for poetry, and the Rhysling Award of the
Science Fiction Poetry Association, each a record number
of times. I've also received a Pushcart Prize for Fiction and
the Grandmaster Award of the SFPA. I hold the
distinctions of having appeared in more issues of Asimov's
SF than any other author, and of coining the word
"cybertext."
My writing stretches from humor to surrealism, with
many stops along the way for science fiction, fantasy,
horror, and noir. I've published fifty books and chapbooks,
including the novels The Guardener's Tale and Stained
Glass Rain. My best stories are collected in Masque of
Dreams, my best poetry in Sensuous Debris, Pitchblende,
and Dark Matters.
I was born of Catholic and Jewish heritage in Chicago in
1943, and grew up in Southern California in an era of rock
and roll, the Cold War, and the Space Race. From
1961-2001, I lived in the San Francisco Bay Area, attending
and graduating from the University of California,
Berkeley, while active in the psychedelia and political
protests of the 1960s.
I've worked in a variety of occupations, including
computer programmer, college professor, technical writer,
book designer, movie projectionist, gardener, and furniture
mover. I now live in Ocala, Florida, once known as The
City of Trees, with my wife, writer-artist Marge Simon
and the ghosts of two cats.
Currently, in addition to my writing, I'm a Book Editor for
Dark Regions Press, and edit speculative fiction and poetry
for The Pedestal Magazine.
For my thoughts on speculative poetry and writing, see
John Amen's interview with me at The Pedestal Magazine
and JoSelle Vanderhooft's interview with me at Strange
Horizons.
My poetry and fiction have appeared in hundreds of
publications, including Asimov's SF, Amazing Stories,
Realms of Fantasy, Strange Horizons, Weird Tales, The
Pedestal Magazine, The Twilight Zone Magazine, Year's
Best Fantasy & Horror, and the Nebula Awards Showcase.
I've won the Bram Stoker Award for poertry, the Asimov's
Readers' Award for poetry, and the Rhysling Award of the
Science Fiction Poetry Association, each a record number
of times. I've also received a Pushcart Prize for Fiction and
the Grandmaster Award of the SFPA. I hold the
distinctions of having appeared in more issues of Asimov's
SF than any other author, and of coining the word
"cybertext."
My writing stretches from humor to surrealism, with
many stops along the way for science fiction, fantasy,
horror, and noir. I've published fifty books and chapbooks,
including the novels The Guardener's Tale and Stained
Glass Rain. My best stories are collected in Masque of
Dreams, my best poetry in Sensuous Debris, Pitchblende,
and Dark Matters.
I was born of Catholic and Jewish heritage in Chicago in
1943, and grew up in Southern California in an era of rock
and roll, the Cold War, and the Space Race. From
1961-2001, I lived in the San Francisco Bay Area, attending
and graduating from the University of California,
Berkeley, while active in the psychedelia and political
protests of the 1960s.
I've worked in a variety of occupations, including
computer programmer, college professor, technical writer,
book designer, movie projectionist, gardener, and furniture
mover. I now live in Ocala, Florida, once known as The
City of Trees, with my wife, writer-artist Marge Simon
and the ghosts of two cats.
Currently, in addition to my writing, I'm a Book Editor for
Dark Regions Press, and edit speculative fiction and poetry
for The Pedestal Magazine.
For my thoughts on speculative poetry and writing, see
John Amen's interview with me at The Pedestal Magazine
and JoSelle Vanderhooft's interview with me at Strange
Horizons.
| New & Recent Two humorous list poems in Parody #1 "That's Show Business" flash at Daily Science Fiction 2011 Micro Award Finalist Surrealities Bram Stoker Award Nominee TWO NEW COLLECTIONS FORTHCOMING Notes from the Shadow City poetry, with Gary William Crawford Dark Regions Press Tales of the Mutant Rain Forest fiction & poetry, with Robert Frazier Dark Regions Press Cyberart "Planetary Conjunction" at Scifaikuest Two poems podcast at StarshipSofa and Tales to Terrify "Polar Chronologies" "Skulking in Bedroom Shadows" "Complete Artistic Control" short sf story in Future Imperfect: The Best of Wily Writers Surrealities Top Ten Books of 2011 at J. L. Comeau's Creature Feature Library Kenneth Cain interviews me about The Guardener's Tale, writing both fiction and poetry, and coining the word "cybertext." "Dark Rains Here and There" from Dark Matters Second Place -- Long Poems 2011 Rhysling Award Alexandra Siedel interviews me at Fantastic Unfettered about winning the Bram Stoker Award Two dark poems translated into Italian by Alessandro Manetti at Il Posto Nero "Surreal Fortune" long poem at Strange Horizons a surreal take on a tarot reading |
| Recent Books Anthropomorphisms "the people poems" Elektrik Milk Bath Press five book giveaway at Good Reads Surrealities surreal texts and images Dark Regions Press Novel The Guardener's Tale, from Sam's Dot Publishing 2nd edition and ebook Bram Stoker Award Finalist Prometheus Award Nominee Dark Matters Sample Poems and Illustrations Video Trailer at YouTube Bram Stoker Award Winner Best-Of Fiction Collection Masque of Dreams trade paper edition from Wildside Press The Nightmare Collection Poetry Dark, Satiric, Surreal Sample Poems and Illustrations Bram Stoker Award Winner Spanish edition of The Guardener's Tale from La Factoria de Ideas as El Guardian de Almas |
