I'm a writer of the "a few published short stories, a few unpublished novels" ilk. My short stories have been accepted at Art Times, Alienskin Magazine, Allegory, and Dark Krypt Horror Zine. I also run the annual Spec the Halls contest for speculative holiday fiction. I'm looking for a publisher/agent for my first novel: Serenade of Blood & Silver, a fantasy about a drifter who rescues an abused horse that is not what it seems. In the second (or is it third?) draft phase, I have Vicesteed, a steampunk science fiction novel that is a locked-room murder mystery and exploration of how society forms identity. My other passions are photography and martial arts. I spent several years living abroad in India and Africa before marrying a mad scientist and settling down to live and write in Minneapolis. My website is at http://www.aswiebe.com and I blog at http://cloudscudding.livejournal.com. And yes, that's the short version!