Wednesday, October 31, 2007

Author Spotlight: Paul L. Bates

Paul L. Bates most certainly will be attending, and reading, at the Sporty Spec East Coast Launch. Unless it snows. Then things get a bit skiffy.

Who is he? You don't know? I'll let a more polished writer prevail here:

"Paul L. Bates has graced the independent press with his short fiction since the early 90's, blending or blatantly ignoring genres with tall tales published or pending publication in such discerning venues as Zahir, Withersin, City Slab, Sporty Spec, New Writings in the Fantastic, Desolate Places, and Ruins Extraterrestrial.

He is semi-retired from the construction industry, a distance swimmer, and happiest when absorbed in his writing. Imprint, the first novel in a series about the last city on earth was first published by Gale/Five Star in 2005; Dreamer, the second part of the trilogy, is scheduled for release in June 2008."

Alas, no stories seem to be available online. However, you may order his book or find a story of his in one of several anthologies:

Ruins Extraterrestrial
New Writings of the Fantastic
City Slab 1

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