Nicholas Ozment teaches English at Winona State University. He is also an author of speculative fiction, primarily fantasy, horror, and magic realism. With David Manning, he co-hosts MANNING'S MANLY MOVIES (http://manning.coldfusionvideo.com), discussing some of the more bizarre B-movies available on DVD. His short stories and poems have appeared in such print publications as WEIRD TALES, MYTHIC DELIRIUM, MYTHIC CIRCLE, DREAMS & NIGHTMARES, MYSTIC SIGNALS, BEST OF EVERY DAY FICTION TWO, and THE WILLOWS, and online at RAVEN ELECTRICK, AFTERBURN SF, SUSURRUS: THE LITERATURE OF MADNESS, CHAOS THEORY: TALES ASKEW, THE SMOKING POET, SORCEROUS SIGNALS, CLONEPOD, FLASHES IN THE DARK, EVERYDAY WEIRDNESS, and the horror podcast PSEUDOPOD. His essay "Gandalf's Staff, Prospero's Books: The Ethics of Magic in Tolkien and Shakespeare" appears in TOLKIEN AND SHAKESPEARE: ESSAYS ON SHARED THEMES AND LANGUAGE (McFarland Press 2007). His first book, the whimsical fantasy KNIGHT TERRORS: THE (MIS)ADVENTURES OF SMOKE THE DRAGON, is forthcoming from Cyberwizard Productions fall 2010.
Website: http://ozment.livejournal.com/