Wayne Spitzer

Wayne Kyle Spitzer (born July 15, 1966) is an American author, illustrator, and low-budget horror filmmaker^[1] from Spokane, Washington,^[2] and founding editor of the publications Dark Horses: The Magazine of Weird Fiction, Black Sheep: Unique Tales of Terror and Wonder, and Mobius Blvd Magazine. He is the author of countless books, stories, and other works, including Flashback^[3], The Ferryman Pentalogy (comprising Comes a Ferryman, The Tempter and the Taker, The Pierced Veil, Black Hole, White Fountain, and To the End of Ursathrax^[4]), X-Ray Rider and 7 Other Dark Rites of Passage, Legends of the Flashback: The Finished Saga, The Devil Drives a '66 and Other Stories, The Witch-Doctor Diaries and Other Dystopias, The Place and 10 Other Stories from the Region Between, as well as a film (Shadows in the Garden^[1]) and a screenplay (Algernon Blackwood’s The Willows^[5]). His work has appeared in MetaStellar—Speculative fiction and beyond, subTerrain Magazine: Strong Words for a Polite Nation^[6] and Columbia: The Magazine of Northwest History^[7], among others. His recent fiction includes The War-torn Hills of Earth and The Wine-Dark Passage.

Wayne Kyle Spitzer
Born	Wayne Kyle Spitzer (1966-07-15) July 15, 1966 (age 59) Spokane, Washington, United States
Occupation(s)	Author, artist, film director, producer, screenwriter
Years active	1987–present
Spouse	Trinh Ngoc Ho

Spitzer was involved in Spokane's underground filmmaking scene from 1994 to 2005.^[8] His notable projects include Dead of Night,^[9] a Spokane-area (cable TV) broadcast venture, Don't Look Up, and a feature-length compilation, Monstersdotcom,^[10] including Shadows in the Garden^[1] and Last Stop Station.^[11]

Spitzer has taught creative writing at Corbin Art Center^[12] and Airway Heights Corrections Center.^[13] He holds a Master of Fine Arts degree in Writing from Eastern Washington University, a Bachelor of English from Gonzaga University, and an Associate in Applied Science degree in Television Production from Spokane Falls Community College.