A.M. Dellamonica

Fiction

I started writing as soon as I had learned to read, beginning in kindergarten with Dr. Seuss-inspired doggerel (One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish was a particularly strong influence). At age ten, I was attempting novels. I cannot not write; I call it a benevolent compulsion.

The first story of mine that ever saw print appeared in THE RED DEER ADVOCATE when I was 17, as the runner-up in a short story contest. My first paying sale was to a literary magazine called SECRETS FROM THE ORANGE COUCH, a few years later. Since then I've sold about thirty short stories in a range of genres: mystery, science fiction, alternate history, and fantasy.

I got into print young not because I was some kind of teen genius—those stories were not very strong!--but because I was trying to sell stories, bombarding magazines like Asimov's with submissions. I believe most writers want an audience for their work, and I was actively searching for mine.

Short Fic, Long Fic, Squid Fic, Blue Fic