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Our Worker Bees \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n \n Marty Halpern<\/b> <\/span>is a two-time finalist for the World Fantasy Award\u2013Professional for his work with Golden Gryphon Press. From 1999 through 2007, Marty acquired, edited, copy edited, and proof read for GGP, his edited work winning the Hugo Award, World Fantasy Award, the International Horror Guild Award, and the William L. Crawford Fantasy Award.<\/p>\n Marty now freelances, working directly with authors to prepare their manuscripts for publication, as well as working for independent publishers (e.g. Tachyon Publications), and mainstream publishers (e.g. Charles Stross\u2019s \u201cLaundry Files\u201d series for Ace Books). Two of the books Marty worked on for Tachyon Publications\u2014After the Fall, Before the Fall, During the Fall<\/i> by Nancy Kress and Brandon Sanderson\u2019s The Emperor\u2019s Soul<\/i>\u2014won the 2013 Nebula Award and Hugo Award, respectively.<\/p>\n Marty\u2019s most recent anthology project was Alien Contact<\/i> (Night Shade Books, 2011), an anthology of the best alien contact stories from the past thirty or so years. He has a dedicated Alien Contact page on his blog with the complete text of, or links to, a dozen of the stories.<\/p>\n Blog \u201cMore Red Ink\u201d: martyhalpern.blogspot.com; Twitter: @martyhalpern; Facebook and Google+: Marty Halpern<\/p>\n <\/p>\n R. B. Wood<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0is a technology consultant and a writer of Urban Fantasy, Science Fiction and quite frankly anything else that strikes his fancy. \u00a0His first novel,\u00a0The Prodigal’s Foole<\/em>, was released to critical acclaim in 2012. \u00a0Mr. Wood is currently working on the second book of his series, the Winter in the City anthology project, multiple short stories, a graphic novel and a science fiction trilogy that he dusts off every few years. \u00a0Along with his writing passion, R. B. \u00a0is host of\u00a0The Word Count Podcast<\/a><\/em>\u00a0\u2013 a show that features talent from all around the globe reading original flash-fiction stories.<\/p>\n