Bio:M. K. Hobson

M. K. Hobson was born January 21, 1969. In 2003 she was a Pushcart Prize nominee. She lives in Oregon City, Oregon.

Hobson's short fiction has appeared in magazines such as SCI FICTION, the Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, Realms of Fantasy, Strange Horizons, and ChiZine. Her work has also appeared in anthologies such as Polyphony 5, Polyphony 6 and Medicine Show. Hobson's story "The Hand of the Devil on a String" appeared on the 2008 Best American Fantasy recommended reading list, and her other work has received Honorable Mentions in "Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror" and "Year’s Best Science Fiction."

She is co-editor&mdash;with author &mdash;of the surrealist/anarchist 'zine Diet Soap. She is also a co-host of the fantasy podcast PodCastle, a sister podcast of Escape Pod.

Forthcoming Novels

 * The Desired Poison (Forthcoming, Winter 2010) Bantam Spectra (historical fantasy novel)

Short Stories Online
Several of Hobson's short stories are available online, including:
 * The Hotel Astarte, Realms of Fantasy, June 2007.
 * Severance Pay, Strange Horizons, September 2005.
 * Domovoi, The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, April 2005
 * Hell Notes, SCI FICTION, February 2005
 * Ice Cream, Vestal Review, October 2003
 * The Principessa of Montenegro, flashquake, Fall 2003