Lou Antonelli

Louis Sergio Antonelli (Lou Antonelli) (born January 6, 1957 in Medford, Massachusetts) is an American science fiction and fantasy writer who resides in Mount Pleasant, Texas. His stories have been published in magazines based in the U.S., U.K., Australia and Canada.

Lou Antonelli

Antonelli's stories are often characterized by a Texas setting, a strong use of dialogue, and twist or surprise endings.

Antonelli is a Massachusetts native and grew up in Rockland. As a young man, he attended Columbia University and lived in New York City. In 1982, at the age of 25, he ran as a Republican for the United States House of Representatives in a district including most of the West Side of Manhattan Island along with parts of The Bronx. He lost to the Democratic incumbent Ted Weiss by a margin of 85%-15%.

In 1985, Antonelli moved to Texas. He is a professional journalist. He is currently the managing editor of the Mount Pleasant (Tx.) Daily Tribune.

Antonelli got a late start in his fiction writing career; his first story was published when he was 46 years old in June 2003. His first professional sale was "A Rocket for the Republic", published in Asimov's Science Fiction in September 2005.

He is married to Patricia (Randolph) Antonelli, a Dallas native. They have two adopted Canine-American children, Millie Antonelli and Sugar Antonelli.

Bibliography

Collections

• “Fantastic Texas” (2009)
• “Texas & Other Planets” (2010)
• "Music for Four Hands" with Ed Morris (2011)

Short stories

1. "Silvern" - RevolutionSF, June 2003
2. "Silence is Golden" - RevolutionSF, August 2003 *
3. "Comes the Juju Man" - GateWay science fiction, December 2003
4. "S*P*P*A*M*" - Bewildering Stories, December 2003
5. "Rome, If You Want To" - Surprising Stories, May 2004
6. "Pen Pal" - RevolutionSF, July 2004 *
7. "I Got You" - Bewildering Stories, July 2004 *
8. "Flash, Boom, Bam (a flash anthology)" - Bewildering Stories, July 2004
9. "Doppelgangster" - Bewildering Stories, Sept. 2004
10. "Double-Crossing the Styx" - Continuum Science Fiction, Fall 2004
11. "The Rocket-Powered Cat" - RevolutionSF, Dec. 2004 *
12. "Circe in Vitro" - Astounding Tales, December 2004 *
13. "They Call It Time" - AlienSkin, Dec./Jan. 2005
14. "Won't You Come Home, Bill Buckley?" - Bewildering Stories, Feb. 2005
15. "Big Girl" - Ultraverse, May/June 2005.
16. "The Hideaway" - AlienSkin, June/July 2005.
17. "The Honor of the Blue Devil Patrol" - Beyond Centauri, June/July 2005.
18. "The Cast Iron Dybbuk" - June/July 2005, Andromeda Spaceways In-flight Magazine.*
19. "Dialogue" - RevolutionSF, August 2005. *
20. "A Rocket for the Republic" - Asimov's Science Fiction, Sept. 2005. * **
21. "After Image" - Surprising Stories, Sept. 2005.
22. "The Queen of Guilty Pleasures" - Bewildering Stories, Oct. 2005.
23. "The Dragon's Black Box" - Bewildering Stories, February 2006.
24. "A Djinn for General Houston" - Surprising Stories, May 2006 (reprinted in Science Fiction Trails 2010)
25. "The Runner at Dawn" - Worlds of Wonder, July 2006.
26. "Wish List" - RevolutionSF, August 2006.
27. "Berserker" - OG Speculative Fiction, September 2006.
28. "Good Old Gal" - Nova Science Fiction No. 18, Fall 2006
29. "Eva" - Neometropolis, December 2006 (with Ed Morris)
30. "The Amerikaan Way" - Atomjack magazine, March 2007
31. "Avatar" - Darker Matter, April 2007 *
32. "Insight" - Twisted Tongue, May 2007
33. "It's Wonderful, Life" - Twisted Tongue, May 2007
34. "Fermi's Fraternity" - Planetary Stories, September 2007
35. "Body by Fisher" - FenCon IV Souvenir Program Book, September 2007
36. "My Ugly Little Self" - Twisted Tongue, December 2007
37. "Off the Hook" (with Ed Morris) - Dark Recesses - December 2007
38. "The Witch of Waxahachie" - Jim Baen's Universe - April 2008*
39. "Video Killed the Radio Star" - Apehelion - December 2008
40. "Acroscaphe" (with Ed Morris) - Planetary Stories - January 2009
41. "The Silver Dollar Saucer" - Ray Gun Revival - January 2009
42. "Professor Malakoff's Amazing Ethereal Telegraph" - Science Fiction Trails No. 4 - March 2009
43. "Good News for the Dead" - M-Brane SF April 2009
44. "Airy Chick" - Alienskin magazine, June 2009
45. "Stairway to Heaven" (with Ed Morris), Encounters Nov. 2009
46. "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes" (with Ed Morris), The Fifth Dimension, Dec. 2009
47. "Twilight on the Finger Lakes", Bewildering Stories, Dec. 2009
48. "Across the Plains", Abandoned Towers, March 2010
49. "Scouts' Honor", Young Adult Literature Review, Spring 2010
50. "Dispatches from The Troubles" - Greatest Uncommon Denominator (GUD), Summer 2010*
51. "Black Hats and Blackberrys" - Bewildering Stories, March 2011
52. "Irredenta" - World SF Blog, March 15, 2011
53. "Meet Me at the Grassy Knoll" - 4 Star Stories, Spring2011
54. "Hopscotch and Hottentots" - Shadowgate, April 2011
55. "Ghost Writer" - Flashes in the Dark, June 16, 2011
56. "Mak Siccar" - 4 Star Stories, Summer 2011
57. "The Goddess of Bleecker Street" - Kalkion, July 2011
58. "Re-opening Night" - 4 Star Stories - Sept. 2011
59. "The Quantum Gunman" - Drink Tank 300, Nov. 2011
60. "Tell Gilgamesh I'm Sorry" - Bewildering Stories, Dec. 2011
61. "Rockets and Reindeer" - 4 Star Stories, Dec. 2011

* He has received eleven honorable mentions in The Year's Best Science Fiction published by St. Martin's Press for 2011, 2009, 2008, 2006, 2005 and 2004.

** "A Rocket for the Republic" placed third in the Asimov's Science Fiction Readers Poll for 2005 in the Short Story category.

External links

• Antonelli's Blog - This Way to Texas
• Lou Antonelli at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database