The Hardline Magazine

AUTHORS CONTRIBUTING

Ken Preston lives in a Victorian Terraced house just a few doors away from where Jack the Ripper was born. He writes all his novels in his converted cellar, imagining the young, yet to be murderer prowling the night time streets above him.

Paul Walton is Forty eight years old, living in the hills of Scotland, splitting his time between software design consultancy and writing. Currently most of his writing time is devoted to screen writing projects. His short stories have been published in a variety of magazines and he is currently working on a supernatural thriller.

Christopher Scott Silva currently lives with his wife and two sons in Germany. Chris is Editor and Moderator for two of the most popular Internet sites for writers on the web. He enjoys writing science fiction, horror and fantasy and his atmospheric style and clever prose pulls the reader instantly into his fantastical realms. Chris’s fast paced gritty style keeps his readers coming back for more. His recently published serial in Forgotten Worlds (magazine in print -UK) Another Day on the Job was well received. Chris can be found working in Frankfurt anywhere there’s a warm cup of good coffee and fast wireless internet access.

Maxine Carr is far to close to fifty for comfort. She has been married to David for twenty eight years and have one daughter Joanne, who is also an author. Semi-retired, Maxine has done various jobs including running her own caravan park. She is currently writing a fantasy novel entitled 'Phoenix Fire',a story of the unintentional invasion of the fey to our world. The story featured in Hardline is about Debs, one of the main charachters from her book. Maxine is also working on a second novel called 'Gone are the flowers'. She has had two short stories published in the Station shorts anthology.This is a joint project with other authors from My Writer's Circle, HL's Website of the month.

David Lee Jones currently bartends in Lexington, SC in the United States of America. He is currently seeking publication of his first novel MoriaVaratu, a science fiction thriller that takes place on two different planets at two different periods of time. The original novel has a sequel, The War of the Third Awakening, that David is currently half-way through writing. In his free time, Mr. Jones devotes his efforts to several ongoing writing projects including the Toothie Series, the Bartender Guy and the Wizard War. David is a 40 year old divorced father of two residing in the Southern US.

John Yamrus There is so much to say we have provided a link. http://thehardline.wordpress.com/focus-john-yamrus/ Daryl Baldwin is 39 years old. He was born in Gloucester, England where he still resides. He is married and has three children. He is currently working in a factory as a shift leader making defence products. He took up writing seriously in 2007 after putting it off for years. He has written one Period drama screenplay about Thomas Hardy. He is currently working on His second screenplay about the effects of combat stress and the Falklands war. His hobbies include reading classic novels such as Hardy, Austen, Bronte and Galsworthy. He is a film maniac and loves to watch a good movie with a great story. In his extensive collection are classics, modern and world cinema. He will be sharing the delights of watching a great story in his feature called 'Great Screenplays'.