Bio
Having survived the turn from fundamentalist to simple fatalist, Maria Alexander currently works at Disney as a Web copywriter. Lest anyone think her head is full of pixie dust, since 2000 a number of her horror and dark fantasy stories have been published to some acclaim, as well as a collection of poetry. Her credits include stories in Gothic.net, Chiaroscuro Magazine and Paradox Magazine, as well as a number of anthologies. Almost all of her works have garnered either Honorable Mentions in the Year's Best Fantasy & Horror anthologies, appearances on the Preliminary Ballot for the Bram Stoker Award, or both. She is also a produced screenwriter and game designer. After a brief film mentorship with Clive Barker several years ago, she moved to Los Angeles where she now lives with two ungrateful cats and five corsets.
For a full rap sheet of her literary crimes, visit her website http://www.thehandlesspoet.com
Bibliography
"This Body of Death" -- Lost on the Darkside anthology, from ROC Books.
**Preliminary Ballot for the 2005 Bram Stoker Award in Short Fiction
"Veil of Skin" -- Blood Surrender anthology, from Blue Moon Books.
**Preliminary Ballot for the 2005 Bram Stoker Award in Long Fiction
"Goodnight, Marvin" -- The Anthology at the End of the Universe, from BenBella Books.
"Agnus Dei" -- Spooks!, a Twilight Tales anthology. A reprint from Clocktower Books and Far Sector SFFH 2003.
"When Gods Die" -- Gothic.net 2004, 2005. Reprinted from Horrorfind.com 2001
**Honorable Mention in Year's Best Fantasy & Horror #18
"Conspiracy of One" -- Horror Carousel, Issue #1 2004.
"The Dark River in His Flesh" -- Paradox Magazine, Issue #4 January 2004.
"Samantha Blazes: Psychic Detective of L.A." -- in the Hastur Pussycat, Kill! Kill! anthology, from Vox13, June 2003.
**Preliminary Ballot for the 2003 Bram Stoker Award in Long Fiction
**Honorable Mention in Year's Best Fantasy & Horror #17
"Some Divine" -- the Songs from Dead Singers & Other Eulogies anthology, from Catalyst Press, 2002.
**Honorable Mention in Year's Best Fantasy & Horror #16
"The King of Shadows" -- Gothic.net 2001, 2005
**Preliminary Ballot for 2001 Bram Stoker Award in Short Fiction
**Honorable Mention in Year's Best Fantasy & Horror #15
**Finalist in the 2003 Moondance Film Festival Short Story Competition
"Black Roses and Hail Marys" -- Chiaroscuro Magazine 2001. Reprinted in Gothic.net 2003, 2005
**Preliminary Ballot for 2001 Bram Stoker Award in Short Fiction
"Bacchus Anesti" -- Chiaroscuro Magazine, Issue #6. December 2000.
**5-Star Rating and Top Story for Issue #6 by Nuketown
"Coming Home" -- Gothic.net 2000. Reprinted in Chapter & Verse HWA LA Promotional Chapbook 2002, Gothic.net 2005.
**One of the Top 10 Highest-rated stories of Gothic.net in 2000.
**Produced as a One-Act staged play reading by Women-in-Theatre and performed December 21, 2003.