Profile of M.K. Hobson

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Bio

M.K. (Mary) Hobson lives in Oregon City with her husband and daughter. A marketing consultant by day, she has helped produce award-winning campaigns for a variety of national and international clients. She has also owned a newspaper, driven night-shift taxi, read tarot professionally, and taught conversational English in Japan.

Awards/Honors:
2003 Pushcart Prize nominee for The Principessa of Montenegro.
Honorable Mention, The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror, 17th Ed., Daughter of The Monkey God
Honorable Mention, The Year's Best Science Fiction, 21st Ed., Daughter of The Monkey God
Honorable Mention, The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror, 19th Ed., "Hippocampus"
Honorable Mention, The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror, 19th Ed., "Domovoi"
Honorable Mention, The Year's Best Science Fiction, 23rd Edition, Hell Notes

Bibliography

Published/Upcoming

Short Story, "The Hand of the Devil on a String," Shimmer. (Upcoming)

Short Story, "PowerSuit™," The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. (Upcoming)

Short Story, "Hotel Astarte," Realms of Fantasy. (Upcoming)

Short Story "Votary," Black Static (Upcoming)

Novelette, “The Man With The Hat” in Liquid Laughter 1, "Medicine Show" (Oct 2006)

Short Story, “The Lymphatic Rage of Females”, Full Unit Hookup (Jan 2006)

Short Story, "Infants at the Lake of Fire," Realms of Fantasy. (Dec 2006)

Short Story, "God Juice," Polyphony 6. (Nov 2006)

Short Story, “The Woman in the Numbers” in Polyphony 5 (Nov 2005)

Short Story, “Severance Pay”, Strange Horizons (Sep 2005)

Short Story, “Domovoi”, Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction (Apr 2005)

Short Story, "Hippocampus", ChiZine: Treatments of Light and Shade in Words No. 24 (Apr 2005)

Short Story, “What They Wanted”, Abyss and Apex (Apr 2005)

Novelette, “Hell Notes”, SCI FICTION (Feb 2005)

Short Story, “Ice Cream”, Vestal Review No. 15 (Oct 2003)

Short Story, “The Principessa of Montenegro”, flashquake (Sep 2003)

Short Story, “Daughter of the Monkey God”, SCI FICTION (Jul 2003)

Short Story, “Found Objects”, Talus and Scree (1998)

Short Story, “Killing All the Pigeons in Peace Park”, Hiroshima Signpost (1994)

Short Story, “Eerendahl”, Hiroshima Signpost (Fall 1993)

Short Story, “The Existential Tally Sheet of Love”, Metropolis Monthly (Mar 1992)

Short Story, “Purity”, After Hours (Winter 1992)

Short Story, “Midnight”, After Hours (Winter 1991)

Reviews

Emerald City Eugie Foster
of "Hell Notes" on Tangent Online

Humor is difficult to write well, but Hobson has a knack for it with her astute descriptions, wry punch line deliveries, and quirky sense of the absurd. She demonstrates a deep and profound grasp of a truism overlooked by many writers: humor and horror make excellent bedfellows. When gore is undercut by laughs and fright by grins, it makes for a delectable recipe, sure to please. "Hell Notes" has good pacing, a novel storyline, and dexterous prose. But most importantly, it's funny.

Definitely recommended.

Patrick Samphire
of "Domovoi" on Tangent Online

...M. K. Hobson is a fabulous writer; her prose is beautiful and focused, and she gracefully brings alive her subjects. This is a story to read again and again, not just to appreciate the subtleties of the story, but simply to delight in Hobson's craft. This is undoubtedly the strongest story in this month's F&SF.

Mark Watson
of "Domovoi" on Tangent Online

A dark tale of obsession...