Michael Hickerson
Michael Hickerson first discovered sci-fi on a UHF station’s Friday night Sci-Fi theater and has been hooked ever since. He grew up on Star Wars, Buck Rodgers and the original Battlestar Galactica, before finding the two great sci-fi loves of his life, Star Trek and Doctor Who. Michael is an avid reader, not just of sci-fi and fantasy but all genres. In his spare time, Michael blogs and spoils his niece and nephew.
Michael is a graduate of the University of Tennessee with a degree in journalism. He’s had a wide and varied career that has included stops as a sports writer/editor, tech supporting, running a software distribution company and delivering live scores and data. He currently works for the state of Tennessee.
After working as a journalist for Slice of SciFi for a year, Michael was promoted to Assistant News Editor and the Managing Editor for FarPoint Media’s Zombie Channel.
Upon retirement of Sam Sloan as executive news director for Slice of SciFi and FarPoint Media in November 2008, Michael Hickerson was promoted to those two positions.
Mark Edlitz
Mark Edlitz has written for The Huffington Post, Empire Magazine Online, Geeks Are Sexy and Superhero Cinema.
Mark is writing a book about actors who have played superheroes called HOW TO BE A SUPERHERO.
As a filmmaker, Mark produced and directed JEDI JUNKIES, an affectionate and funny film about extreme Star Wars fans. The film is available on Amazon, iTunes, Playstation and Hulu.
With Jerry Kolber, Mark Edlitz runs FanBoys Films, a company that acquires and provides distribution opportunities for high quality films that appeal to comic-con crowd.
Emilio D'alise
Emilio’s interests are as eclectic as they are numerous. Racquetball, photography, reading, shooting, traveling, eating, and writing are activities Emilio enjoys, all the while stressing his lack of expertise in any particular one. His first SciFi exposure came in 1983, at the age of thirty, when a friend loaned Emilio the book I, Robot by Isaac Asimov. That started a streak of nothing but Science Fiction reading that remains unbroken to this day.
A refugee of the auto industry, Emilio now lives in sunny Colorado. Currently making little use of his engineering degree, he often wonders what might have been had he listened to the English professor who, in 1976, strongly suggested Emilio switch his major from Engineering to English. Showing a remarkable lack of foresight, Emilio opted to continue on the path to becoming a pretty good, but uninspired, Mechanical Engineer. But for that one decision, he could today be a little known journalist, working for no money, and struggling to get some recognition.
News Team Field Reporters Needed
Slice of SciFi has a few field reporter openings available.
We need game enthusiasts who keep up with the latest gaming news, and are interested in providing game reviews;
We need comics enthusiasts who can help keep up with the latest comics news from both mainstream and indie publishers;
We could use a few more people willing to submit reports from the scifi and horror conventions they attend, and the news they may learn there;
And we can always use more in-house movie, television and DVD reviewers.
Think you’re dedicated enough to help out? Ask Hickerson and Summer!
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