M.K. Hobson

M. K. Hobson (born January 21, 1969) is a speculative fiction and fantasy writer. In 2003 she was a Pushcart Prize nominee. She lives in Oregon City, Oregon.

Hobson's short fiction has appeared in magazines such as SCI FICTION, the Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, Realms of Fantasy, Strange Horizons, and ChiZine. Her work has also appeared in anthologies such as Polyphony 5 and Polyphony 6 and Medicine Show. Hobson's stories have received Honorable Mentions in “Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror” and “Year’s Best Science Fiction."

She has two novels forthcoming from Bantam Spectra, the first of which (THE NATIVE STAR)) is scheduled to appear in Spring 2010.

She is co-editor, with author Douglas Lain, of the surrealist/anarchist 'zine Diet Soap.

Names

• Mary Catherine Koroloff
• M. K. Hobson

Short Stories Available Online

• The Hotel Astarte, Realms of Fantasy, June 2007.
• Severance Pay, Strange Horizons, September 2005.
• Domovoi, The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, April 2005
• Hell Notes, SCI FICTION, February 2005
• Daughter of the Monkey God, SCI FICTION, July 2003

External links

• Demimonde, M. K. Hobson's official site, with links to complete bibliography, blog, and upcoming conventions.
• "The Voices in My Head Don't Think They're Imaginary", M. K. Hobson's LiveJournal
• Diet Soap, the official site of the Diet Soap printzine.
• Interview with M.K. Hobson, Shimmer Magazine.
• The Clarion Quandary, a Point-Counterpoint, published in The Broadsheet.