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Speculative Fiction Writer. Poet. RPG designer. Legally Blind. Grandfather. Bass Guitarist. Fire Dancer.

Resident of the Twin Cities with wife, the lovely Sherry, and an ordained cat, The Reverend Selena.

Nominated for the 2007 James B. Baker Award (Short Story Category) for "Jenny's Magic" in Beyond Centauri #13.

Nominated for the 2007 Preditors and Editors Reader's Choice Award: Best Author, Best SF/F Short Story ("Nor to the Strong" in Ray Gun Revival.), and Best Horror Short Story ("Secret" in From the Asylum.)

Nominated for the 2006 Preditors and Editors Reader's Choice Award: Best SF/F Short Story ("The Siege of Harnlow" in Gryphonwood Fantasy Magazine.)

hree time semi-finalist in the L. Ron Hubbard Writers of The Future Contest.

Member of the Science Fiction Poetry Association.

Convention Programming Liaison for The Twin Cities Speculative Fiction Writers Network.

(Former) Member of the Online Writers Workshop.

I've sold over 40 pieces of short fiction and poetry to small press and semi-pro magazines.

 A collection of my short fiction, Shimmers and Shadows, is for sale now.

I have one complete novel, Last Car to Annwn Station, looking for a good home, a second novel, Old Blood's Fate, in the final rewrite stage, and a third novel, Dark Water Blues, about half complete in the first draft.

Most of my blogging is done here:
http://mmerriam.livejournal.com