Arinn Dembo

Arinn Dembo
Born	February 3, 1970 (1970-02-03) (age 42) New York City, New York, United States
Occupation	Writer, Game Designer
Nationality	American
Genres	Horror, Science Fiction
www.arinndembo.com

Arinn Dembo, born February 3, 1970 (1970-02-03) (age 42),^[1] is an American author currently living and writing in British Columbia, Canada. Dembo is best known for her work with Vancouver-based Kerberos Productions, where she is Lead Writer and has worked on the background fiction for the Sword of the Stars series and Fort Zombie.^[2][3] She attended the Clarion West Writers Workshop in 1990 and holds a bachelor's degree in Anthropology with a minor in Classical Civilizations from the University of Tennessee.^[4]

Published professionally for the first time in the New York Review of Science Fiction in 1991 with an essay on Tim Powers' The Stress of Her Regard,^[5] Arinn Dembo was primarily a critic in the early years of her career. She was best known as a reviewer in the PC gaming industry, and covered over 100 titles for Computer Gaming World Magazine and Cnet between 1995 and 1997. Over the years she has also published short stories, novellas and scattered reviews of books, films, music and DVD releases. Her short story "Monsoon" was the first prize winner of the Best Fantastic Erotica contest sponsored by Circlet Press in 2006.

Dembo's novella The Deacon's Tale was published in 2008 by Lighthouse Interactive and packaged with the Sword of the Stars Collector's Edition.^[6] She is currently working on a revised edition to be published as a full-length novel in the future.^[7]

Contents 1 Bibliography 1.1 Poetry 1.2 Essays 1.3 Short Stories 1.4 Novellas 1.5 Video Games 2 References 3 External links

Bibliography

Poetry

1. The Humanist's Prayer, published by The Manitoba Humanist^[8] (2004)
2. The Other Wife: An Invocation to the Goddess Kali, published in H.P. Lovecraft's Magazine of Horror #4 (2006)

Essays

1. Impassion'd Clay: On Tim Powers' "The Stress of Her Regard", published in The New York Review of Science Fiction (1991)
2. Offerings at the Tomb , published in The New York Review of Science Fiction (2001)
3. "The Last Continent": An Exchange, published in The New York Review of Science Fiction (2001)

Short Stories

1. Sisterhood of the Skin, published in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction (1996)
2. Between the Lines, published in Imagination Fully Dilated: Science Fiction (2003)
3. Monsoon, published in Best Fantastic Erotica (2007)
4. ICHTHYS, published in H.P. Lovecraft's Magazine of Horror (2009)

Novellas

1. Suicide Watch, published in Delta Green: Dark Theatres (2001)
2. The Deacon's Tale, published by Lighthouse Interactive as an extra in the Sword of the Stars Collector's Edition (2008)

Video Games

1. Homeworld, as “Marcus Skyler” (1999)
2. Ground Control as “Marcus Skyler” (2000)
3. Homeworld: Cataclysm as “Marcus Skyler” (2000)
4. Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura as “Marcus Skyler” (2001)
5. Sword of the Stars (2006)
6. Sword of the Stars: Born of Blood (2007)
7. Sword of the Stars: A Murder of Crows (2008)
8. Sword of the Stars: Argos Naval Yard (2009)
9. Fort Zombie (2009)
10. Sword of the Stars II: The Lords of Winter (2011)

References

External links

• Arinn Dembo homepage
• Arinn Dembo at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
• Arinn Dembo at the Internet Movie Database
• Arinn Dembo's Sword of the Stars wiki entry
• Kerberos Productions homepage
• Publisher's Weekly review of Best Fantastic Erotica

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Name	Dembo, Arinn
Alternative names	Skyler, Marcus
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Date of birth	February 3, 1970
Place of birth	Meadville, PA
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