Elissa Carey, Associate Editor - binah@tough.com

Elissa is 28 years old and a Capricorn. She is also Wiccan, and married with two good kids (although they drive her crazy once in a while). She is interested in a wide variety of things, more than half of them esoteric (like Tarot, herbalism, astrology, mythology, and now the Kabbala), the other half relating to writing, gaming, medieval recreation and music. She writes poetry as well as fiction (mostly related to gaming), and is branching out a little into writing articles and fiction for actual publication, paid or otherwise. Her favorite RPG's are Shadowrun, Vampire, Werewolf, Mage, AD&D, Amber and GURPS, though she has dabbled in many others. One of her goals in life (she has entirely too many) is to write professionally; she's made a start in that direction with the publication of her freelance work for FASA's Shadowrun.

Byron Cutting, Editor - editor@rpghost.com

Byron is a 24 year old professional student. The word "professional" applies because, after attending five different schools under an equal number of majors, it can be safely assumed that he will probably spend the rest of his life in college. His hobbies have been known to include a variety of musical and athletic pursuits, not to mention the odd RPG or three. Besides the Portal and Writings of the Shrouded Monk, he also contributes to the Shadowrun Military Project. If he ever finishes school, he may one day do something substantial with his life. Meanwhile, he continues to enjoy a sometimes lazy, sometimes hectic life in beautiful Ashland, Oregon.

Josh Deren, Staff Writer - cyrabyte@hotmail.com

Jester (as everyone calls him) is 24 years old and currently working as a network admin in D.C. He enjoys reading game books during his free time there. He has done some writing for White Wolf, as well as created some games of his own (but don't look for them yet, they still need some work). He has been playing RPG's for about 10-12 years now and has tried many systems, but he found his niche in Wargaming. Working for Games Workshop for a short time, he did painting tips and gaming tactics, which suited him best.

Amanda Kilgore, Staff Writer - aekilgore@earthlink.net

Amanda is a rockhound, also known as a geologist. She currently works for the AASHTO Materials Reference Laboratory, doing stuff that's hard to explain; and lives in Maryland, far too close to Washington D.C. for her own tastes. Current gaming interests are Shadowrun, Rifts, AD&D and Star Wars. On the rare occasions when her memory stretches beyond a few months, she might grudgingly admit to having played Marvel and Cyberpunk. Veteran player of several past and current PBEM's and GM of a few, she's picked up a few silly notions here and there.

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