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So who is Mark Shainblum and why should you care?

In no particular order:

  • I'm an author, editor, journalist and comic book creator living in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, one of the world's seriously great cities.

  • I am a writer and editor with many years of experience in comic books, science fiction, journalism, marketing and publishing. I am currently working for the Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research of the Jewish General Hospital as Research Communications Officer.

  • My science fiction short story "The Art of Solitude®" (and yes, the ® is part of the title!) was published in On Spec, the long-running "Canadian Magazine of the Fantastic". On Spec is arguably the best speculative fiction digest being published anywhere, so I'm very proud of this. • Subscribe to On Spec

  • My science fiction novella "Endogamy Blues" appeared in the anthology Island Dreams: Montreal Writers of the Fantastic edited by Claude Lalumiere (Véhicule Press, 2003). Paul Di Filippo of Asimov's Science Fiction said  "Mark Shainblum does military SF intelligently and gracefully," and called Island Dreams "One of the best original anthologies of the year." • Order Island Dreams from Amazon.ca

  • My short story "Playing Solitaire" was published in Thousand Faces, the quarterly journal of superhuman fiction. You can read the story online, or order copies of the magazine at the Thousand Faces Store

  • My short story "The Break Inspector" was published in the online science fiction magazine Would That It Were, now sadly defunct. The story originally began life as an entry in the international Mark Twain Writing Competition,where it placed in the top ten.

    (A photo of the author accepting his award while desperately trying not to look like a goober.)

  • I wrote and co-created the absolutely hilarious Angloman book and comic strip series.

  • With John Dupuis, I'm co-editor of the award-winning 1998 science fiction anthology Arrowdreams: An Anthology of Alternate Canadas. • Order Arrowdreams from Amazon.ca

  • I co-created the alternative comic book superheroes Northguard and Fleur-de-Lys, who eventually ended up on a series of Canadian postage stamps. • Order Northguard back issues

  • I am happily married to Andrea, the woman of my dreams, and we both adore Maya, the toddler of our dreams.

  • I'm the former publisher of Matrix Comics.

  • I'm rich and chocolaty with only half the calories.

  • I have shamelessly ridden the coattails of some extremely talented people, including comic artists Gabriel Morrissette, Sandy Carruthers, Bernie Mireault and Jill Thompson, and my Arrowdreams co-editor John Dupuis.

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    Special thanks to Max Doucet

    Background illustration by Ken Steacy
    from Northguard: The ManDes Conclusion #1-3