Lead Staff Introductions

D.M. Atkins, Publisher & Managing Editor

Atkins provides ForbiddenFiction with the management skills, business acumen and publishing knowledge from over thirty years in the publishing industry. Atkins has Bachelor degrees in both Professional Writing and Anthropology and a Masters in Anthropology. Atkins has worked in a variety of roles including journalist, graphic designer, editor, managing editor and publisher. Atkins has both fiction novels and non-fiction books in print, as well over a hundred articles in newspapers, magazines, journals and online. Atkins has an extensive and varied experience editing – as managing editor of both local newspapers and an international trade magazine; as publisher and editor of a science fiction and fantasy magazine; and academic research articles as the editor of both anthologies and journals in sexuality studies.

Rylan Hunter, Senior Story Editor

Hunter is ForbiddenFiction's expert at helping writers find the best in their stories. Rylan has been creating and writing stories since he was a child. A strange talent for spelling and punctuation took him on a new path and he began editing four years ago. After working with several talented writers who encouraged his efforts, Rylan began to write more seriously and currently has one book that he's co-authored at JoyBoy Island. He also has a variety of erotic and social awareness poetry that can be seen at APL and CroWolf sites. Rylan has several writing projects in progress.

Lon Sarver, Story Editor
Sarver brings to ForbiddenFiction both editing talent and experience working authors. He has worked with D.M. Atkins on a number of anthology projects and fictional works. He has degrees in psychology and counseling, which can be applied to both the analysis of fictional characters and the assistance of frenzied and frustrated authors working through seemingly endless revisions. Sarver is also fluent in the arcane dialects spoken by publishers, a resource needed by nearly any author.

Erika L Firanc, Production Editor
Firanc is ForbiddenFiction's book layout and ebook formatting specialist. She has a lifelong passion for document conversion and an obsession with ebooks and portable reading devices. She's extensively researched the legalities and logistics of publishing in the digital age, and loves opportunities to put that awareness into practice. Erika has over twenty-five years' professional experience in desktop publishing and has worked with digital archiving for more than ten years.

T.M. McKee, IT Director & Webmaster

McKee provides ForbiddenFiction with the services for domain, server and system support that keep everything running. McKee has a Masters in Information Technologies and twenty years of computer experience as a systems administrator and IT Project manager.  McKee has worked at IBM, Stanford University, and in the gaming industry, providing IT services.