Wayne Spitzer
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| Field | Value |
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| name | Wayne Kyle Spitzer |
| birth_name | Wayne Kyle Spitzer |
| birth_date | |
| birth_place | Spokane, Washington, United States |
| occupation | Author, artist, film director, producer, screenwriter |
| years_active | 1987–present |
| spouse | Trinh Ngoc Ho |
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| name = Wayne Kyle Spitzer | image = | caption = | birth_name = Wayne Kyle Spitzer | birth_date = | birth_place = Spokane, Washington, United States | death_date = | occupation = 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 from Spokane, Washington, 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, *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), 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) and a screenplay (Algernon Blackwood’s The Willows). His work has appeared in MetaStellar—Speculative fiction and beyond, subTerrain Magazine: Strong Words for a Polite Nation and Columbia: The Magazine of Northwest History, 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. His notable projects include Dead of Night, a Spokane-area (cable TV) broadcast venture, Don't Look Up, and a feature-length compilation, Monstersdotcom, including Shadows in the Garden and Last Stop Station.
Spitzer has taught creative writing at Corbin Art Center and Airway Heights Corrections Center. 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.
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