Martineck, Michael J.: - I started writing stories when I was twelve and I can promise you I'm WAY better now. Nothing but continuous improvement. I'm like a little, one-man Toyota factory, only for novels. Since 6th grade . . ."the early 90s. . . . Strange Horizons, Planetmag, Aphelion and a couple of other long-dead e-zines helped me out in 00s, along with The Misspellers and The Wrong Channel, both books for middle readers and the like. . . . EDGE Science Fiction and Fantasy published Cinco de Mayo, my first novel for adults, and finalist for the Alberta Reader's choice Award. It was followed by The Milkman (which won an IPPY for best science fiction novel, and an Eric Hoffer finalist) and its sequel, The Link Boy.. . . Our Little Secret Press recently published Untouchable, a cocktail of romance and crime with a dash of weird.After 30 years in advertising, I currently teach English at two local colleges.