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Bio/Presskit
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Prose & Poetry
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Alex Wilson's fiction, nonfiction, and poetry have appeared in Asimov's, Dragon Magazine, Pif, Cyber Age Adventures, Anotherealm, Spellbound, Jackhammer, and other publications.
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In 2000, his story "Paths to Autonomy" was the highest rated story of the year, as judged by readers of Planet Relish, and he was selected as a Themestream/Oscartech Author of the Week.
- Locus Magazine has called him a "promising new writer" (February 2007). He is a two-time semifinalist in the Writers of the Future competition for short speculative fiction. The writer showcase site Soliloquy called him "an absolutely gifted craftsman at work," and Dark Matter Chronicles has said his sense of humor "is actually pretty good."
- Complete Bibliography.
Comics
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Alex Wilson's comics have appeared in The Florida Review, The Collegian, and The Urban Hiker. He has upcoming stories scheduled for FutureQuake and the anthology Hope: New Orleans from Ronin Studios.
- In 2007 Alex launched the twice-yearly minicomic/zine Inconsequential Art.
- Alex created the weekly webcomic "Undersweet" from August 2003 to November 2004. He co-created the standalone webcomic story "The First Noel," released December 2006.
- "All's Fair in Love and Police Actions"--a comics-parody film Alex wrote, voice-acted, and animated-- was chosen as an iFilm Pick (and, later, as an iFilm "Clip of the Day") in August 2005. Comics writer Brian K Vaughan (Y: The Last Man, Runaways, Ex Machina, Ultimate X-Men) said: "That was f--kin' tops, Alex!" and SF author Cory Doctorow called it "amazingly funny and well-executed."
- Complete Bibliography.
Photographs
Click on the images below to download hi-res (300dpi) 10"x6" photographs, zipped (.zip) in tiff format (.tif). They may be used, distributed, and republished freely, but please credit photographer Jamie Bishop where in any commercial venue. Visit Jamie's web site [new window].
Telltale Weekly/Spoken Alexandria
- Launched in 2004 as an online audiobook project seeking to fund and build a free spoken word library.
- Telltale has gained favorable review and mention in The New York Times (twice now), Locus Magazine, Asimov's, Minnesota Public Radio, SFFAudio, and other notable media.
"Project Gutenberg is well known for offering free electronic versions of famous public-domain texts. Now Telltale Weekly wants to be its audiobook equivalent."
"An ambitious new project... incredibly low prices..."
"As a certified audiobook addict, this is as exciting an idea as I've heard
in a long, long time."
"TellTale Weekly is a new, low-cost audio book service selling titles from the public
domain. You can buy books for less than a dollar and place them on your portable
music player or computer."
"My cup runneth over. And there's good karma at Telltale: after five years or 100,000
downloads, TTW will release each track into the public domain under a CC license;
also, partial proceeds from Ogg downloads are donated to the Xiph Foundation,
who support Ogg development."
"Even if your library can’t afford the subscription fees for the big, commercial audio ebook vendors, you can still circulate audio ebooks."
- More info on Telltale's Mission page.
Acting (Stage & Screen)
- Alex performed as the adult male lead in the North American Premiere of Richard Taylor's musical Whistle Down the Wind in 1998.
- He has appeared in a number of independent films, including The Third Cord by Emmy-nominated director Jack Lucido and "Fin De Siecle" by director Steve Milligan.
- The Mansfield News Journal called him a "physical comedy virtuoso" for his performance in Shakespeare's Twelfth Night. Classical Voice North Carolina called him "charming as amiable George Tesman" for his role in Ibsen's Hedda Gabler with Deep Dish Theater.
- Alex has done voicework for independent films, including "Otherwise Pandemonium" by director Brian McGinn and Wilson's own "All's Fair in Love and Police Actions." He has recorded story narrations for Escape Pod and Vacancy. He has also narrated over a hundred stories, poems, and essays for Telltale Weekly.
- The New York Times has called his recording of "Most of My Friends Are Two Thirds Water" by Kelly Link "worth downloading." In a review of his narration of "A Song Before Sunset" by David Rowland Grigg, SFFAudio says "Wilson's reading is haunting and restrained, matching the mournful tone" of the piece."
More info and maybe a reel on his acting resume page.
Software
- Alex Wilson Studios launched its first software project in 2002 and subsequent freeware and shareware releases have been used all over the world and featured on MacAddict and MacWorld Magazine CD-ROMs.
- This obviously isn't a priority.
Bibliography
Comics - Fiction - Gaming - Poetry - Nonfiction
Comics
"It Must Be Kissed" (illustrator TBA), to be published in a Pulp Planet.
"Groundbound" (illustrated by Shaun Gardiner), to be published in a future issue (TBA) of FutureQuake.
"Persistent City" (illustrated by Mario Boon), to be reprinted in the HOPE: New Orleans fundraising anthology from Ronin Studios (Summer 2007).
"The Amateur" (illustrated by Dennis Culver), published in the Inconsequential Art #1.
"Persistent City" (illustrated by Mario Boon), published in the The Florida Review, Fall 2006 issue.
"Undersweet," (illustrated by Wilson) published as a weekly webcomic at Undersweet.com, August 2003 to November 2004.
"Undersweet #2" (illustrated by Wilson) published November 2003 in The Urban Hiker
Fiction (Prose)
"Spoils of Springfield," to be published in Shimmer, (TBA)
"Shooting Dogs for Fun and Profit," published in ChiZine, October 2007
"Outgoing," published in Asimov's Science Fiction, February 2007
"Paths to Autonomy," reprinted November 2002 in Return to Planet Relish E-Zine.
"Detective Comic," published September 2001 in Cyber Age Adventures E-Zine (iHero).
"The Tolerant Miss Kent," published May 13, 2001 in Anotherealm E-Zine
"Carefully, My Friend Tom," published August 21, 2000 in Jackhammer E-Zine
"The Lonicera," reprinted November 2000 in the Eggplant Productions Winter Sampler
"The Unseen," published June 12, 2000 in Jackhammer E-Zine
"Life and Liver," published June 2000 in Planet Relish E-Zine
"The Great Virtue," published May 29, 2000 in Jackhammer E-Zine
"Boy Feminist Comes of Age," published May 6, 2000 in Jackhammer E-Zine
"Paths to Autonomy," published May 2000 in Planet Relish E-Zine
"Consumer Rites" (cowritten by Patrick Welch), published January 24, 2000 in Jackhammer E-Zine
"Unnecessary Parts," published August 23, 1999 in Jackhammer E-Zine
"While Machali Breathes," published July 12, 1999 in Jackhammer E-Zine
"Fantasy Story," produced May 1999 as a multimedia cartoon in Faerie Gold
"Jophesta and the Villain," published May 10, 1999 in Jackhammer E-Zine
"Fantasy Story," published April 19, 1999 in Jackhammer E-Zine
"The Lonicera," published December 21, 1998 in Jackhammer E-Zine
TBA Story, to be published in the Great House anthology from Liquid Laughter. (?)
"How to Mend a Broken Hero," to be published in an as-yet unannnounced iHero anthology. (?)
"Detective Comic," to be reprinted in an as-yet unannnounced iHero anthology. (?)
Gaming
"Bilsang" (game design/rules) published December 2006 in the appendix of Mike Resnick's Starship: Pirate from Pyr, based on the book.
"For Glory, Love, and All the Right Reasons: The Garb and Gear of the Romantic Hero" (AD&D role-playing Supplement) (co-written by Justin Paulette) published July 2000 in Dragon Magazine
Poetry
"Squatter's Rites" (story-poem), to be published in Weird Tales
"Church of Saturn" (story-poem), to be published in Murky Depths #2
"Stock Car Relativity" (story-poem), published 2007 in "Inconsequential Art #1"
"Tree Sprites Never Learn" (as artwork) April 7 through May 27, displayed as part of the Chapel Hill/Carrboro, NC 2005 Community Art Project: Dream
"Sun and Stone," published September 2000 in Fantasy Folklore & Fairytales
"Tree Sprites Never Learn," published Fall 1999 in Spellbound
"Forever Fair," published August 1999 in Pif Magazine
"With Patient Passion," sold to Sapphire Magazine just before it folded
"Because She Was Faithful," published March 1999 in The Blooding
"Dust to Dust," published February 1999 in Monster Mush
"Voracity's Consent," to be published (date TBA) in In a Nutshell: An Anthology of Speculative Micro Fiction (?)
Nonfiction
"Review of Neverworlds," published May 12, 2001 in Dark Matter Chronicles
"Review of Ideomancer," published February 10, 2001 in Dark Matter Chronicles
"Review of Dragons, Knights, and Angels," published January 27, 2001 in Dark Matter Chronicles
"Review of Muse It," published November 25, 2000 in Jackhammer E-Zine
"Review of Dragonlaugh," published October 14, 2000 in Dark Matter Chronicles
"Ghost Watchers," published October 13, 2000 in Jackhammer E-Zine
"My Zenith Doth Depend Upon a Most Auspicious Star," published July 24, 2000 in Jackhammer E-Zine
"Chris," published April 25, 2000 in Jackhammer E-Zine
"Apex Lemmings," published April 10, 2000 in Jackhammer E-Zine
"Gods of Power, Man and Other," published March 27, 2000 in Jackhammer E-Zine
"You Can Never Be Too Tan," published March 6, 2000 in Jackhammer E-Zine
"When Heroes Come Whining," published February 21, 2000 in Jackhammer E-Zine
"Outside Cleveland Stadium: Evaluating Ecstacy," published February 14, 2000 in Jackhammer E-Zine
"Review of Brute Orbits," published February 2000 in The Orphic Chronicle
"Review of Apocalypse Year: The Book of Days," published January 22, 2000 in Dark Matter Chronicles
"We're All in it Together," published January 17, 2000 in Jackhammer E-Zine
"Closing the Door," published January 10, 2000 in Jackhammer E-Zine
"The Blair Web Project," published October 25, 1999 in Jackhammer E-Zine
"Review of www.whatisthematrix.com," published October 22, 1999 in Dark Matter Chronicles
"A Punitive Appeal," published October 11, 1999 in Jackhammer E-Zine
"The Inalienable Right to Panic," published October 4, 1999 in Jackhammer E-Zine
"Review of Nebula Awards 33," published August 1999 in The Orphic Chronicle
"An Exceptional Exception (and Non-Sequential Sequel)," published April 26, 1999 in Jackhammer E-Zine
"How to Get Abducted by Aliens," published April 5, 1999 in Jackhammer E-Zine
"The Ghost Hunt," published March 22, 1999 in Jackhammer E-Zine
"Review of Dark Annie," published February 12, 1999 in Dark Matter Chronicles
"Dying on My Bedroom Floor," published December 7, 1998 in Jackhammer E-Zine
Personal Crap
Alex Wilson (credited as Alexander Wilson in his pretentious days), was born in 1976.
He went to the Revere family schools on the border of Bath and Richfield, Ohio. Graduated from Revere High School in 1995. Graduated from Ashland University in Ashland, OH in 1999.
The bands for which he sang and/or played guitar in high school include Phantasm, Black Tie Optional, The Crusades, and Spontaneous Minstrel.
He lived in the Parma- and Lakewood- ish parts of Cleveland between 2000 and 20002. He married Jen in 2001. Moved to the triangle area of North Carolina in 2002.
In college, he won third place in one talent show with a song about his underwear, and second place the following year with a song about crack. Or maybe he won second place with his underwear. He doesn't remember.
Also in college: he was the white guy in the Imani Gospel Choir, the rope twirling and guitar playing guy
in the broadway review group Drop of a Hat Players, and the writer of the "Fly Casual' humor column in the campus paper for 2.5 years. He created and wrote the "High or Learning" comic strip (drawn by the incredible Adam Baker), which the editors told him was the first comic strip ever to appear there. He doesn't necessarily believe it. He appeared on one of those sorority-sponsored "Most Wanted Man" calendars. October, he thinks.
He attended the Clarion writing workshop in East Lansing, Michigan in 2006.
More to come. That's the plan anyway.
F.A.Q. (Frequently Answered Questions)
Any advice for aspiring authors?
Sorry. Still aspiring myself.
I'm your friend/family/lovechild/doctor but I'm not on your mailing list(s). Don't you love me?
Of course I do. That's why I haven't subscribed you without your permission. Sign up and you'll receive it.
How can I get in touch with you?
See the "Keeping in touch" and "Contact Info" sections of the Whereabouts page.
What happened to the rest of the FAQ?
Some of those questions were ten years old. It's been a long time since anyone's asked me them, much less frequently.
Appearances
August 3-5, 2007
Trinoc-Con - SF Convention
North Raleigh Hilton; Raleigh, NC
Guest! Panels TBA.
Details
Newsletters
This is an announcements-only list for Alex Wilson and his projects. Monthly at most, quarterly at least. Via Yahoo Groups.
Note: Due to the overwhelming number of bouncing emails, subscribers to this list prior to the move back to Yahoo (Mid-November 2006) will need to re-subscribe. Sorry for any inconvenience.
The Telltale Weekly/Spoken Alexandria newsletter is available here.
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Alex Wilson writes fiction and comics in Carrboro, NC. His work has appeared/will appear in Asimov's Science Fiction, The Rambler, Weird Tales, The Florida Review, Shimmer, ChiZine, FutureQuake, Pif, and Dragon. Locus Magazine has called him a "promising new writer," and Publishers Weekly also has nice things to say.
Alex runs the audiobook project/podcast Telltale Weekly and the writer wiki Guidevines. He publishes the minicomic/zine Inconsequential Art. He is a 2006 Clarion graduate.
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