I've had stories, poems, art, and articles published in venues such as Abyss & Apex, American Arts Quarterly, Best of the Rest 2, The Cape Rock, Challenging Destiny, City Primeval, The Doom of Camelot, Gothic.net and Horror Garage (under editor Paula Guran), Ideomancer, Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts, The Leading Edge, Legends of the Pendragon, Magazine of Speculative Poetry, Mythic Delirium, Raven Electrick, Star*Line, Strange Horizons, Talebones, and Z Miscellaneous, among others. (Complete credits are available under the Writing, Art, and Editing links.) Two stories and a poem earned honorable mention in The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror (12th, 13th, and 15th editions). In 2004, I attended the Clarion West Writers Workshop (check out our class website). I'm currently a member of Broad Universe, Mystery Writers of America, Science Fiction Poetry Association, Virginia Library Association, and The Wolfe Pack. I've written under many variations of my legal name and nickname. Many of my previous publications have appeared under the byline C. A. Gardner.

My father, Delbert R. Gardner, coined the title "The Gardner Castle." A published poet, fiction writer, essayist, and critic, as well as a former English professor and veteran of World War II, he has authorized me to submit his current work and design his website.

To get in touch, email gardnercastle{at}gmail{dot}com.

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