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Wayne Kyle Spitzer | |
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| Born | Wayne Kyle Spitzer July 15, 1966 Spokane, Washington, United States |
| Occupation(s) | Author, artist, film director, producer, screenwriter |
| Years active | 1987–present |
| Spouse | Trinh Ngoc Ho |
Wayne Kyle Spitzer (born July 15, 1966) is an American author, illustrator, and low-budget horror filmmaker [1] from Spokane, Washington, [2] and founding editor of the publications Dark Horses: The Magazine of Weird Fiction, Black Sheep: Unique Tales of Terror and Wonder, and Mobius Blvd Magazine. He is the author of countless books, stories, and other works, including Flashback [3] ,The Ferryman Pentalogy (comprising Comes a Ferryman, The Tempter and the Taker, The Pierced Veil, Black Hole, White Fountain, and To the End of Ursathrax [4] ), X-Ray Rider and 7 Other Dark Rites of Passage, Legends of the Flashback: The Finished Saga, The Devil Drives a '66 and Other Stories, The Witch-Doctor Diaries and Other Dystopias, The Place and 10 Other Stories from the Region Between, as well as a film (Shadows in the Garden [1] ) and a screenplay (Algernon Blackwood’s The Willows [5] ). His work has appeared in MetaStellar—Speculative fiction and beyond, subTerrain Magazine: Strong Words for a Polite Nation [6] and Columbia: The Magazine of Northwest History [7] , among others. His recent fiction includes The War-torn Hills of Earth and The Wine-Dark Passage.
Spitzer was involved in Spokane's underground filmmaking scene from 1994 to 2005. [8] His notable projects include Dead of Night, [9] a Spokane-area (cable TV) broadcast venture, Don't Look Up, and a feature-length compilation, Monstersdotcom, [10] including Shadows in the Garden [1] and Last Stop Station. [11]
Spitzer has taught creative writing at Corbin Art Center [12] and Airway Heights Corrections Center. [13] He holds a Master of Fine Arts degree in Writing from Eastern Washington University, a Bachelor of English from Gonzaga University, and an Associate in Applied Science degree in Television Production from Spokane Falls Community College.
