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Sergio’s Bio is often too large for our anthologies. We are always glad to see his submission anyway. He has been in Six previously (Seeking Stories, Fae Shivers Remembered Nightmares, Faery Flying, Darkness Screams Whisper Quiet, Into the Glen: Into the Light and Dark Dreams Letting in the Night). His Story The Dance of the Forest is releasing in Fae Propaganda.
Here is his full bio sent to us originally in the first submission –
‘Sergio is an Italian public servant who graduated from Law School working in the public real estate branch.
He is also a co-Editor, together with Mrs. Michele DUTCHER, of the new Steampunk Anthology “Steam-powered Dream Engines”, published in march 2018 by Rogue Planet Press, an Imprint of British Horrified Press, and of the new Fantasy/Sci-Fi Anthology “Fantastical Savannahs and Jungles”, published in march 2019 by the same Publisher. The subsequent book edited by him, together with Mrs. Michele DUTCHER, is the new Sci-Fi Anthology “Xenobiology – Stranger Creatures”, published in september 2020 by Rogue Planet Press, an Imprint of British Horrified Press.
Now he is editing, along with Mrs. Michele DUTCHER and Mr. Curtis MAGNES as co-editor, the new Horror/Sci-Fi/Fantasy Anthology titled “Bleakest Towers”, to be published in 2021.
The first Historical/Horror screenplay written by him, titled “Tophet- An Ancient Evil”, completed in 2018, won an Honorable Mention Award at The 2018 International Horror Hotel Award – script Competition held in Richfield, Ohio. Here, as follows, is the list of the winners:
http://www.horrorhotel.net/2018.html
The same screenplay written by him also was among the SECOND ROUND FINALISTS at “THE WRITEROOM.ORG SCREENPLAY COMPETITION 2018/19”, based in Florida, U.S.A.
Here is the link:
https://thewriteroom.org/screenplay-competition-2018-19/
His Steampunk Short-Story titled “Cold Inside” (inside “Fierce Tales – Lost Worlds” Anthology), was voted as Best Steampunk Story for 2019 on Critters Readers Poll 2019/2020.
Here’s the link:
http://critters.org/predpoll/final_tally_shortstorysteam.ht
He has published a Fantasy RolePlaying illustrated Manual, WarBlades, of more than 700 pages. Some of his works and short- stories have been published on American Aphelion Webzine, WeirdYear Webzine, Cheapjack Pulp Magazine, YesterYearFiction, AnotheRealm Magazine, Alien Skin Magazine, on Orion’s Child Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine, Farther Stars Than These, on Digital Dragon Magazine, on Kalkion Science Fiction and Fantasy Web Magazine, on Orion’s Arm, on Quantum Muse, Lovecraftiana, Surprising Stories, on EMG- ZINE, on The Speculative Edge Magazine, on Australian Antipodean SF, on British Schlock!Webzine , on Australian SQ Mag, on Millhaven Tales Magazine and in print inside an American Horror Anthology, title: “Now I Lay Me Down To Reap…” by Sirens Call Publications, inside a British Sci-Fi Anthology, title: “Timeless Worlds” by Schlock Magazine, inside an American Sci-Fi Anthology for short- stories, title “Yarr!- A Space Pirate Anthology” by Martinus Publishing, inside a British Sci-Fi Anthology, title: “Pulpateers” by the same publisher, inside a British Sci-Fi Anthology, title: “The Year’s Best Schlock! Sci-Fi 2013” by the same publisher, inside a British Fantasy Anthology, title: “The Year’s Best Schlock! Fantasy 2013” by the same publisher, inside a British Fantasy Anthology, title: “Schlock! Barbarians” by the same publisher, inside a British Horror Anthology for short- stories, title “TALES OF THE UNDEAD – Hell whore Anthology”… by Horrified Press, inside another British Horror Anthology for short- stories, title “TALES OF THE UNDEAD- Volume II – Hell whore Anthology continues… “ by the same publisher, inside a British Sci-Fi Anthology for short- stories, title “JUST ONE MORE STEP Anthology”… by the same publisher , inside another British Sci-Fi Anthology for short- stories, title “DARK IN THE LIMELIGHT”… by the same publisher, inside a British Horror Anthology for short- stories, title “PLAGUE…” by Horrified Press, inside an American Sci-Fi Anthology for shorts-stories, title: “Stories in Future Tense: The 2015 Word Branch Publishing Science Fiction Anthology”, inside an American Fantasy Anthology for shorts-stories, title: “Limelight: A Golden Light Anthology” by Chambertonpublishing, inside an American Anthology of Historical/Fantasy shorts-stories by the same publisher, too, title: “Gaslight: A Golden Light Anthology”, inside an American Horror Anthology for short- stories, title “Dark Light 2” by Crushing Hearts Black Butterfly Publishing, inside an American Horror Anthology for short- stories, title “Cirque d’Obscure” by the same publisher, inside an American Horror Anthology, title: “Temptations and other sins” by Fantastic Horror Press, inside an American Anthology of Urban Fantasy/Horror shorts-stories, title: “Blood and Guts: An Anthology of the Gross and Disgusting” by Static Movement Publications, inside an American Horror/Steampunk Anthology for shorts-stories, title: “Dreadful Legacies” by the same publisher, inside a Fantasy/Sci-Fi Anthology for shorts-stories, title: “ LocoThology 2013: Tales of Fantasy & Science Fiction- Volume 3” by Loconeal Publishing, inside a Horror Anthology for shorts-stories, title: “ Undead Living” by Sunbury Press, and inside a new American Horror Anthology, title: “Mental Ward: Stories from the Asylum…” by Sirens Call Publications, inside an American Horror Anthology, title: “Slaughter House: The Serial Killer Edition – Volume 2”, by the same publisher, inside an Australian Sci-Fi Anthology, title: “Star Quake 1- Best of SQ Mag’s 2012”- Anthology, inside a Canadian Horror Anthology, title: “Blood and Roses” by Scarlett River Press, inside an Urban Fantasy/Horror Anthology for shorts-stories, title: “Miseria’s Chorale” by Forgotten Tomb Press, inside an American Anthology of Horror shorts-stories, title: “Deadhead miles” by Spook Show Publishing, inside a new British Horror Anthology, title “Night Shade- Volume I… “ by Little Bird Publishing, inside another British Sci-Fi Anthology, title “Barbarians of the Red Planet” by Rogue Planet Press, inside another American Urban Fantasy/Horror Anthology, title “Sweet Dreams and Night Terrors” by Silent Fray Productions, inside another American Urban Fantasy Anthology, title “Cursed Curiosities” by Barbwire Butterfly Books, inside another Horror Anthology for short- stories, title “Undercurrents of Fear…” by the same publisher, inside another British Urban Fantasy/Horror Anthology for short- stories, title “Detectives of the Fantastic -Volume 1” by Thirteen Press, inside another British Urban Fantasy/Horror Anthology for short- stories, title “Detectives of the Fantastic -Volume II” by the same publisher, inside another British Urban Fantasy/Horror Anthology for short- stories, title “Detectives of the Fantastic -Volume III” by the same publisher,inside another American Horror Anthology, title “The Dead walk” by Breaking Fate Publishing, inside another British Urban Fantasy/Horror Anthology, title “Growing pains” by Sinister Saint Press, inside an American Horror Anthology for short- stories, title “Dark Light 4” by Crushing Hearts Black Butterfly Publishing, inside a British Sci-Fi/Horror Anthology for short- stories, title “LOCH SHOCK…” by Horrified Press, inside another British Horror Anthology for short- stories, title “TALES OF THE UNDEAD – Hell whore III Anthology… “ , by the same publisher, inside an American Paranormal/Erotic Anthology for short- stories, title “Bloody Sexy” by Hot Ink Press, inside another British Steampunk Anthology for short- stories, title “Steamworld…” by Thirteen Press, inside another British Dark Fantasy/Horror Anthology for short- stories, title “Swords against Cthulhu…” by Rogue Planet Press, inside a British Fantasy/Horror Anthology for short- stories, title “Swords against Cthulhu II: Hyperborean Nights” by the same publisher, inside another British Horror Anthology for short- stories, title “How to Trick the Devil…” by Erebus Press, inside another American Horror Anthology, title: “Crossroads in the dark” by Burning Willow Press, inside an American Sci-Fi Anthology for short- stories, title “Out of Phase: Tales of Sci-Fi Horror” by Sirens Call Publications, inside an Anthology for adventurous short- stories, title “The Adventures of Pirates” by Zimbell House Publishing, inside another British Fantasy Anthology, title “Devil’s Armory II” by Barbwire Butterfly Books, inside an Anthology for Urban Fantasy/Historical short- stories, title “Veil of Secrets” by the same publisher, inside another British Sci-Fi Anthology for short- stories, title “Fall of the Galactic Empire…” by Rogue Planet Press, inside a British Fantasy/Horror Anthology for short- stories, title “Swords against Cthulhu III: A Dark Age” by the same publisher, inside an American Urban Fantasy/Horror Anthology for short- stories, title “ME: Haunted Love” by Macabre Maine, inside an American Urban Fantasy/Horror Anthology for short- stories, title “Bite me” by the same publisher, inside another American Sci-Fi Anthology for shorts-stories, title: “Stories in Future Tense: The 2016 Word Branch Publishing Science Fiction Anthology” , inside a Canadian Anthology of Fantasy/Horror Fairytales, title: “Incandescence Transcendent” by Oloris Media Publishing, inside an American Urban Fantasy/Horror Anthology for short- stories, title “Excite Spice Boxed Set – Science Friction” by Excite Spice- Excessica, inside an American Erotic/Urban Fantasy/Horror Anthology for short- stories, title “Depraved Desires” by HellBound Books, inside an American Urban Fantasy/Horror Anthology for short- stories, title “Shopping List 2” by the same publisher, inside another American Urban Fantasy/Horror Anthology for short- stories, title “Shopping List 3: Another Horror Anthology” by the same publisher, inside an American Erotic/Urban Fantasy/Horror Anthology for short- stories, title “Demons, Devils and the Denizens of Hell”, by HellBound Books, inside another American Urban Fantasy/Horror Anthology for short- stories, title “Devil’s Hour” by the same publisher, inside another American Horror Anthology, title: “Crossroads in the dark- Volume 2- Urban Legends” by Burning Willow Press, inside another American Anthology of Horror/Sci-Fi shorts-stories, title: ” Body Horror” by Gehenna Publishing House, inside an Australian Sci-Fi Anthology, title: ” The Worlds of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Vol IV” by Altair Australia Books, inside a Scottish Horror/Erotic Anthology for short- stories, title “Slice Girls (Splatter Goth)” by Vamptasy Publishing, inside another Australian Fantasy Anthology, title: “Fantasy Short Stories Book Four” by Fantasy Short Stories Anthology Series , inside an American Anthology of Sci-Fi shorts-stories, title: “Vast: Stories of mind, soul and consciousness in a technological age” by Orchid’s Lantern, and will appear soon, in 2019/2020, in print, inside an American Sci-Fi/Steampunk Anthology for short- stories, title “Altered Europe” by Martinus Publishing, inside another British Sci-Fi/Fantasy Anthology for short- stories, title “Sword and Planet…” by Rogue Planet Press, inside another British Sci-Fi Anthology for short- stories, title “Devil’s Armory III” by the same publisher, inside another British Sci-Fi/Horror Anthology for short- stories, title “Kek V’s Cthulhu” by the same publisher, inside an American Anthology for Fantasy/Horror short- stories, title “Dig two graves – Volume II” by Death’s Head Press, inside another American Anthology for Horror short- stories, title “Obliquatur Voluptas” by the same publisher, in another American Erotic Horror Anthology, title: “Have Quest, Will Travel” by Inkstained Succubus Press, inside an American Erotic/Urban Fantasy/Horror Anthology for short- stories, title “Demons, Devils and the Denizens of Hell Tome II” by HellBound Books, inside another American Urban Fantasy/Horror Anthology for short- stories, title “Shopping List 4” by the same publisher, inside an American Sci-Fi/Horror Anthology for short- stories, title “20/20 Visions: Power of the mind” by the same publisher, inside an American Horror Anthology for short- stories, title “Weird Western Yarns” by Western Trail Blazer Publishing, inside an American Horror Anthology for short- stories, title “Spirits of Yuletide” by Macabre Maine, inside an American Anthology for short- stories, title “Automaton: A Steampunk Anthology” by Baird Speculative Fiction, inside another American Steampunk/Horror Anthology, title: “Steampunk Monster Hunter – The Dark Monocle” by Emby Press, inside another Anthology for short- stories, title “Pets are people too…” by Fey Publishing, inside an American Anthology of Horror shorts-stories, title: “Deadhead miles- Volume 2” by Fear or Fright Publishing, inside another British Urban Fantasy/Horror Anthology for short- stories, title “Detectives of the Fantastic -Volume IV” by Thirteen Press, inside another British Urban Fantasy/Horror Anthology, title “Music” by Sinister Saint Press, inside another British Sci-Fi/Steampunk Anthology, title “When disaster strikes” by the same publisher, inside another British Urban Fantasy/Horror Anthology, title “A door appeared” by the same publisher, inside another British Urban Fantasy/Horror Anthology, title “Strange vacations” by the same publisher, inside another British Horror Anthology, title “Teenage insanity” by the same publisher, inside another British Sci-Fi Anthology, title “Aftermath” by the same publisher, inside another British Horror Anthology for short- stories, title “Troll” by Thirteen O’ Clock Press, in another American Anthology for Fantasy short-stories, title “Hidden in Your World” by Visionary Press, inside an American Erotic/Sci-Fi Anthology for short- stories, title “Slice Girls (Reprint)” by Stitched Smile Publications, inside the American book “New Legends: Fantasy Anthology 2” by Visual Adjectives, inside the American book “New Legends: Mercenary • Engineer • Captain Book 2” by the same publisher, inside a Horror Anthology for shorts-stories, title: “ Climate Fiction” by Sunbury Press, inside another British Sci-Fi Anthology for short- stories, title “Sweat, Steel & Cruise Control: Volume II…” by Rogue Planet Press, inside another British Fantasy Anthology for short- stories, title “Hammer of the gods Volume II- Ragnarok…” by the same publisher, inside an American Anthology of Fantasy shorts-stories, title: “Distressing Damsels” by Fantasia divinity Magazine, inside another British Urban Fantasy/Horror Anthology for short- stories, title “Beyond the Shroud” by Pilgrim Off-Fifth Press, inside another British Sci-Fi/Horror Anthology for short- stories, title “HYPER-TOMB: CRYPT OF THE CYBER-MUMMY” by Horrified Press, inside a British Sci-FI/Horror Anthology for short- stories, title “The Devil’s Piano” by the same publisher, inside another American Urban Fantasy/Horror Anthology for short- stories, title “Locker Shockers: Urban Legends” by Great Lakes Association of Horror Writers, inside another American Mystery/Horror Anthology for short- stories, title “Suspense Unimagined” by Left Hand Publishers, in another Canadian Horror Anthology, title: “Tortured Souls Volume 1” by Scarlett River Press, inside an Australian Sci-Fi Anthology, title: ” The Worlds of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Vol V” by Altair Australia Books, inside another Australian Anthology, title: ” Horror Anthology 2020” by the same publisher, inside an American Sci-Fi/Horror Anthology, title: “Fearrington Road” by Darkhouse Books, inside an American Horror Anthology, title: ” From the Yonder” by War Monkey Publications, inside an American Urban Fantasy Anthology, title: ” From the Yonder – Volume 2” by the same publisher, inside an Australian Sci-Fi Anthology, title: “Alien Dimensions: Timeline” by Alien Dimensions Magazine, inside another American Horror Anthology, title: ” Horror USA: Washington” by Soteira Press, inside the American Millhaven Tales Magazine “Lost World” Special, inside the American Millhaven Tales “Sword & Sorcery Tales” – Anthology, inside the American “The Hollow Horror – Where All Things Evil Lie – Vol 3” – Anthology by Breaking Rules Publishing , inside the American “The Hollow – Vol 5” – Anthology by the same publisher, inside the American “The Hollow – Vol 6” – Anthology by the same publisher, inside the American Crime/Horror “1st Degree” – Anthology by the same publisher, inside the American “The Hollow – Vol 7” – Anthology by the same publisher, inside the American “It’s the Holidays” – Anthology by the same publisher, inside the ( reprint ) American “The Chosen Ones” – Anthology by the same publisher, inside an American Erotic/Sci-Fi Anthology for short- stories, title “Slice Girls (Third Reprint)” by Mocha Memoirs Press, inside an American Anthology of Fantasy/Horror shorts-stories of strictly lesbian and bisexual female tales, title: “Magickally Delicious” by Full Moon Books, inside an American Anthology of Urban Fantasy/Horror shorts-stories, title: ” StarkLight 5” by StarkLight Press, inside an American Anthology of Sci-Fi shorts-stories, title: ” Transhuman” by ” by Gehenna Publishing House, inside an American Anthology of Horror shorts-stories, title: “Demonology” by Static Movement Publications, and then inside an American Anthology of Horror shorts-stories by the same publisher, again, title: “Love at first bite” .
He is also a scale modeler who likes mostly Science Fiction and Real Space models, some of his little Dioramas have been shown also on some Italian (scale model) magazines like Soldatini, Model Time, TuttoSoldatini and online on American site StarShipModeler, MechaModelComp, on British SFM: UK site and Italian SMF .
Some Sci-Fi/fantasy/Horror short- stories by him in Italian have been published on Alpha Aleph, Alpha Aleph Extra, Algenib, Oltre il Futuro, Nugae 2.0, SogniHorror, La Zona Morta, edizioni Lo Scudo, Antologia Robot ITA 0.1, Antologia Il Segreto dell’Universo, Antologia E-Heroes, etc.’
Here a brief presentation of Michele DUTCHER who edited the short- story:
“Michele Dutcher, aka Bottomdweller, lives in a carriage house in Old Louisville Kentucky with her border collie – Daisy Dukes. She has a BS degree in Elementary Education from Indiana University with minors in theology & sociology and has been writing Science Fiction stories for about a decade. She edits all the first drafts of Sergio’s short stories.”
Here is a link to some short-stories/Anthologies of mine, as follows:
(And anyway, if You want to have a look at some of my past Science- Fiction scale dioramas, here is one link…)
Wrecks Modeling Contest
“The Inexplicable Remains of an AT-ST”
http://www.starshipmodeler.com/contest/contest15/dio_07.htm
And my latest win (a Third Place) in a Sci-Fi Scale-Model Contest about Star Trek/Star Wars as awarded by an American site:
“Borg Bust (Unplugged)”
Fae Corps Publishing 