Lou Antonelli

Louis Sergio Antonelli (Lou Antonelli) (born January 6, 1957 in Medford, Massachusetts) is an American science fiction and fantasy writer who resides in Mount Pleasant, Texas. His stories have been published in magazines based in the U.S., U.K., Australia and Canada.

Antonelli's stories are often characterized by a Texas setting, a strong use of dialogue, and twist or surprise endings.

Antonelli is a Massachusetts native and grew up in Rockland. As a young man, he attended Columbia University and lived in New York City. In 1982, at the age of 25, he ran as a Republican for the United States House of Representatives in a district including most of the West Side of Manhattan Island along with parts of The Bronx. He lost to the Democratic incumbent Ted Weiss by a margin of 85%-15%. [1984 print edition of the Almanac of American Politics]

In 1985, Antonelli moved to Texas. He is a professional journalist [ [http://www.texaspress.com/messenger/september03/newsmakers0903.htm Messenger Online ] ] . He is currently the managing editor of the Mount Pleasant (Tx.) "Daily Tribune". [ [http://www.dailytribune.net/contact_us/ The Daily Tribune Online - Contact Us ] ]

Antonelli got a late start in his fiction writing career; his first story was published when he was 46 years old in June 2003. His first professional sale was "A Rocket for the Republic", published in Asimov's Science Fiction in September 2005. [ [http://www.locusmag.com/index/yr2005/t21.htm#A3443 Contents Lists ] ]

He is married to Patricia (Randolph) Antonelli, a Dallas native. They have no children.

Bibliography

# "Silvern" - "RevolutionSF", June 2003
# "Silence is Golden" - "RevolutionSF", August 2003 *
# "Comes the Juju Man" - "GateWay" science fiction, December 2003
# "S*P*P*A*M*" - "Bewildering Stories", December 2003
# "Rome, If You Want To" - "Surprising Stories", May 2004
# "Pen Pal" - "RevolutionSF", July 2004 *
# "I Got You" - "Bewildering Stories", July 2004 *
# "Flash, Boom, Bam (a flash anthology)" - "Bewildering Stories", July 2004
# "Doppelgangster" - "Bewildering Stories", Sept. 2004
# "Double-Crossing the Styx" - "Continuum Science Fiction", Fall 2004
# "The Rocket-Powered Cat" - "RevolutionSF", Dec. 2004 *
# "Circe in Vitro" - "Astounding Tales", December 2004 *
# "They Call It Time" - "AlienSkin", Dec./Jan. 2005
# "Won't You Come Home, Bill Buckley?" - "Bewildering Stories", Feb. 2005
# "Big Girl" - "Ultraverse", May/June 2005.
# "The Hideaway" - "AlienSkin", June/July 2005.
# "The Honor of the Blue Devil Patrol" - "Beyond Centauari", June/July 2005.
# "The Cast Iron Dybbuk" - June/July 2005, "Andromeda Spaceways In-flight Magazine".*
# "Dialogue" - "RevolutionSF", August 2005. *
# "A Rocket for the Republic" - "Asimov's Science Fiction", Sept. 2005. * **
# "After Image" - "Surprising Stories", Sept. 2005.
# "The Queen of Guilty Pleasures" - "Bewildering Stories", Oct. 2005.
# "The Dragon's Black Box" - "Bewildering Stories", February 2006.
# "A Djinn for General Houston" - "Surprising Stories", May 2006.
# "The Runner at Dawn" - "Worlds of Wonder", July 2006.
# "Wish List" - "RevolutionSF", August 2006.
# "Berserker" - "OG Speculative Fiction", September 2006.
# "Good Old Gal" - "Nova Science Fiction" No. 18, Fall 2006
# "Eva" - "Neometropolis", December 2006 (with Ed Morris)
# "The Amerikaan Way" - "Atomjack" magazine, March 2007
# "Avatar" - "Darker Matter", April 2007 *
# "Insight" - "Twisted Tongue", May 2007
# "It's Wonderful, Life" - "Twisted Tongue", May 2007
# "Fermi's Fraternity" - "Plantetary Stories", September 2007
# "Body by Fisher" - "FenCon IV Souvenir Program Book", September 2007
# "My Ugly Little Self" - "Twisted Tongue", December 2007
# "Off the Hook" - Dark Recesses - December 2007 (with Ed Morris)
# "The Witch of Waxahachie" - Jim Baen's Universe - April 2008

* He has received nine honorable mentions in "The Year's Best Science Fiction" published by St. Martin's Press for 2008, 2006, 2005 and 2004.

** "A Rocket for the Republic" placed third in the Asimov's Science Fiction Readers Poll for 2005 in the Short Story category.

References

External links

* [http://www.louantonelli.blogspot.com/ Antonelli's Blog - This Way to Texas]