Richard H. Fay

Please consider voting for me and my works nominated in the P&E Readers Poll.

"Vengeance of the Alpe", published in the All Souls' Night 2010 issue of Hungur, has been nominated in the Horror Short Stories Category. Of course, this one could possibly fit just as easily in the Science Fiction & Fantasy Short Stories Category, since it has fantasy elements as well as elements of horror. At times, I like to write works that cross genre boundaries, just to cause confusion.

"Shroudeater", published in the Walpurgisnacht 2010 issue of Hungur, has been nominated in the Poems Category. This one is my 80-line verse inspired by alpine vampire lore. No sparkly emo vampires here; my shroud-eating vampire is quite monstrous and malign.

My article "Robert the Bruce", published in the July 2010 issue of Abandoned Towers, has been nominated in the Nonfiction Articles Category. To be quite honest, I would have chosen "The Alp and the Schrattl" to continue the pattern of alpine vampires, but The Bruce is a favourite historical figure of mine, so it's kind of nice to receive a little bit of recognition for my Bruce article.

My illustration "When Wizards Dream at Night", published in the on-line version of Abandoned Towers, has been nominated in the Artwork Category. This is a rather strange choice. I wouldn't consider it the best of my art published in 2010. Still, it's kind of a neat piece, and it's viewable on-line.

My cover-art for David C. Kopaska-Merkel's speculative poetry collection Brushfires has been nominated in the Book/e-Book Cover Category. This is the first time I will have something in that particular category. This was actually the first time my art appeared on a book cover.

I have also been nominated in the Artists Category. Strangely enough, I don't seem to have yet been nominated in the Poets Category. Perhaps someone out there could consider nominating me in the poets category, if you think my poetry worthy of nomination. Please?

Thanks!