Rippers Fall

Bryon L. Havranek remembers watching some really interesting (albeit obscure) sci-fi shows on TV when he was a child, such as 'The Fantastic Journey', 'The Amazing Captain Nemo', 'Logan's Run (the TV series)', 'Land of the Lost', and 'The Man from Atlantis'. These shows, along with re-runs of 'Wild Wild West' and 'The Time Tunnel', helped spawn his fascination with parallel worlds, alternative history, and anachronistic technology, an interest that he has to this day. While in High School, he took a creative writing class as one of his elective courses and became hooked on writing, going so far as to win both the Best Short Story and Most Promising Author awards for the 1985-1986 school year. After High School, he went to college and earned a degree in Graphic Design, which landed him employment in the college textbook industry. He continued to write short stories for a time, but most of them never saw print (thankfully). Bryon also used his technical background to publish a few small press magazines, and even a one-shot comic book, before the cost of living gave these projects the axe. It was only after he experienced the most awesome magical event in his life, the birth of his daughter, Katya, that his creative fires were rekindled, and he began to write again.