Member Bios
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Saladin Ahmed Saladin Ahmed was born in Detroit and lives in Brooklyn. On a years-ago Saturday night he was paid to perform poetry in a velvet-lined Vegas lounge that hosted an old-school ‘female impersonator’ during the week. And El Vez, ‘the Mexican Elvis,’ once referred to him as ‘the Arab Wayne Newton.’ Strangely, these two incidents were not related. Saladin’s website is www.saladinahmed.com |
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Paul M. Berger Paul Berger knows the innermost thoughts of small quadrupeds, which is no help for his writing, because the squirrels that live outside his apartment think he’s a hack. (Though it’s possible this is just part of an elaborate mindgame, in which they calculate that when they finally tell him they are impressed, he will love them and give them granola bars.) His personal website is at www. paulmberger.com. |
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K. Tempest Bradford Tempest enjoys bitter chocolate and standing up for what she believes in. Her blog is at tempest.fluidartist.com and her less even-tempered postings can be found at The Angry Black Woman. |
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Kristine Dikeman Kris likes to write about things that go “squish” and can do a pretty damn good layout as well. Her personal webpage is at www.krisdikeman.com. Photo by Ellen Datlow |
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Nora Jemisin Nora (publishing as N. K. Jemisin) recently defected from the cold gulags of Bostonistan to the gold-lined streets of New Yorkia. She likes travel, cooking, cats, blogging against racism and sexism, designing new worlds, and long walks through city parks. She dislikes genetically modified food, except in horror stories where the food eats people. Her website is here. |
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Alaya Dawn Johnson Alaya loves to eat, dance, bake cookies, sing and laugh all the time — preferably in the company of her fellow Fluidians. Her procrastination devices of choice are economics and science blogs, but she always eventually gets around to the writing. Her website is here. |
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Rajan Khanna When not traveling through time, Raj has a disproportionate love of wine, beer and dirigibles. His website is www.rajankhanna.com. |
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Matthew Kressel Matt is good at convincing people there are smiley faces in fireworks. He suspects his houseplants are planning a coup against him and that their insidious plans somehow involve fertilizer and plastic trays. His personal website is at www.matthewkressel.net. |
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Eugene Myers Eugene thinks sleep is for the weak. He spends his days wandering a labyrinth of videotape. His webpage can be found at www.ecmyers.net. |
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Devin J. Poore Devin lives in Hoboken with his longtime girlfriend, Kristen, but, he assures us, it’s not just for the apartment. His personal website is at www.devinjpoore.com. |
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Mercurio D. Rivera
Evil David is not necessarily evil, nor is he necessarily David. At Cons we’re not sure what to call him. (Though we refuse to call him “Master,” as he insists). His personal website is www.mercuriorivera.com |
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James Trimarco James can, at times, be more prolific than God, or so it seems. He is not usually getting caught in hanging beads. |
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Greer Woodward Greer Wooward lives on the Big Island of Hawaii, which is a good thing since she has four cats and Paul is allergic. Her website is at www.greerwoodward.vpweb.com |
Altered Fluid is a speculative fiction writing group based in Manhattan. We have been meeting bi-monthly or more often since 2001.