| Wayne Kyle Spitzer | |
| Birth Name: | Wayne Kyle Spitzer |
| Birth Date: | 1966 7, mf=yes |
| Birth Place: | Spokane, Washington, United States |
| Occupation: | Author, artist, film director, producer, screenwriter |
| Years Active: | 1987–present |
| Spouse: | Trinh Ngoc Ho |
Wayne Kyle Spitzer (born July 15, 1966) is an American author, illustrator, and low-budget horror filmmaker[1] from Spokane, Washington, and founding editor of the publications Dark Horses: The Magazine of Weird Fiction, Black Sheep: Unique Tales of Terror and Wonder, and Mobius Blvd Magazine. He is the author of countless books, stories, and other works, including Flashback[2], The Ferryman Pentalogy (comprising Comes a Ferryman, The Tempter and the Taker, The Pierced Veil, Black Hole, White Fountain, and To the End of Ursathrax[3]), X-Ray Rider and 7 Other Dark Rites of Passage, Legends of the Flashback: The Finished Saga, The Devil Drives a '66 and Other Stories, The Witch-Doctor Diaries and Other Dystopias, The Place and 10 Other Stories from the Region Between, as well as a film (Shadows in the Garden) and a screenplay (Algernon Blackwood’s The Willows[4] ). His work has appeared in MetaStellar—Speculative fiction and beyond, subTerrain Magazine: Strong Words for a Polite Nation[5] and Columbia: The Magazine of Northwest History[6], among others. His recent fiction includes The War-torn Hills of Earth and The Wine-Dark Passage.
Spitzer was involved in Spokane's underground filmmaking scene from 1994 to 2005.[7] His notable projects include Dead of Night,[8] a Spokane-area (cable TV) broadcast venture, Don't Look Up, and a feature-length compilation, Monstersdotcom,[9] including Shadows in the Garden and Last Stop Station.[10]
Spitzer has taught creative writing at Corbin Art Center[11] and Airway Heights Corrections Center.[12] He holds a Master of Fine Arts degree in Writing from Eastern Washington University, a Bachelor of English from Gonzaga University, and an Associate in Applied Science degree in Television Production from Spokane Falls Community College.
