AirLockAlpha.com

The following individuals make up Quantum Global Media, which runs Airlock Alpha. Feel free to contact them with questions, comments or concerns in their areas of expertise pertaining to the site.

Site Coordinator/Founder

Michael Hinman, mhinman@airlockalpha.com
Michael Hinman is the founder and site coordinator for Airlock Alpha and the entire BlipNetwork. He owns Quantum Global Media Inc., the parent corporation of the BlipNetwork. He's a print journalist by day, and lives in Tampa, Fla.

Chief Technology Officer

Nick Chase, nchase@airlockalpha.com

Creative Director

Shane Churchman, schurchman@airlockalpha.com

News Editor

Alan Stanley Blair, ablair@airlockalpha.com
Alan Stanley Blair is the news editor for Airlock Alpha. Contributing from his home in Scotland, he is currently studying for a diploma in freelance journalism and feature writing.

Assistant News Editor

Bryant Griffin, bgriffin@airlockalpha.com
Bryant Griffin is the assistant news editor for Airlock Alpha and sister site Rabid Doll. He served as a journalist in the U.S. Army, as well as while a civilian. In 2002, he joined Quantum Global Media Inc., contributing to many early design concepts before shifting his focus back to writing. Bryant hails from Tampa, Fla.

Line Editor

Mysti Frank, mfrank@airlockalpha.com
Mysti Frank is the line editor for Airlock Alpha and its associated websites. She is happy to make use of her English degree both here and in her day job as an editor at a technical typesetting company. She lives in the wilds of a tiny town in Maryland that her GPS insists doesn't exist.

Staff Writers

Jenn Falls, jfalls@airlockalpha.com
Jenn Falls is a staff writer for Airlock Alpha currently working on her graduate degree in literature while living in Portsmouth, Va. She is obsessed with movies made from books, British sci-fi shows and zombies. She thanks her older brother Matt for introducing her to the world of science-fiction, and especially for her love of Star Trek and Doctor Who.

LaToya Ferguson, lferguson@airlockalpha.com
LaToya Ferguson is a staff writer for Airlock Alpha and Inside Blip. She contributes from her home in sunny Florida where she is currently in her final semester of college as an English major with a concentration in film and media studies. Her favorite color is blue, and she watches way more television than any sane person should.

Sherri Lonon, slonon@airlockalpha.com
Rabid Doll news editor Sherri Lonon is a veteran journalist writing out of Tampa, Fla. She's had a passion for horror, fantasy and science-fiction since she could crawl. While she swoons for a well-written, directed and acted story no matter the genre, her personal favorites are vampire stories with real bite.

Katie Sawyer, ksawyer@airlockalpha.com
Katie Sawyer is a writer for the BlipNetwork who has an degree in English literature from Arizona State University, and is currently pursuing her master's degree in education. Her love of sci-fi started as a young girl, when she bought her first Star Wars novel. Since then her many obsessions have grown to include the Whedonverse, "Battlestar Galactica" and "World of Warcraft." She lives in Phoenix.

Columnists

Dan Compora, drdan@airlockalpha.com
Dr. Dan Compora is an associate professor at the University of Toledo. He specializes in science-fiction and fantasy literature and folklore. He lives in Lambertville, Mich.

Ed Left, eleft@airlockalpha.com

Ann Morris, amorris@airlockalpha.com
Ann Morris imagined visiting other worlds and dimensions in her childhood play but didn't "officially" begin living a fannish life till the early 1970s when she was a founding member of the Stone Hill Science Fiction Association in 1979 and remains active to this day. She lives in Plant City, Fla., where she writes from her geekosphere.

Christopher Oldaker, coldaker@airlockalpha.com
Christopher J. Oldaker is a writer and musician living and working out of San Francisco. He writes the bi-weekly column "Dangerous Days" for Airlock Alpha, and is a contributing reviewer for the BlipNetwork.

Terilynn Shull, tshull@airlockalpha.com

Jake Slocum, jslocum@airlockalpha.com
Jake Slocum is a World War II veteran with a heart of gold who teaches inner-city children the value of math. When he's not making up that story, he's a writer living in Oklahoma trying to find humor in the most unlikely places.

Tiffany Vogt, tvogt@airlockalpha.com
Tiffany Vogt is a contributing writer for Airlock Alpha, writing the column “The TV Watchtower” and lives in Los Angeles, California. She loves science fiction and is addicted to sci-fi films and television shows and attends as many conventions as her busy work schedule will allow.

Robert Yaniz, ryaniz@airlockalpha.com