Photo by: Danielle McPhail
 

Author and artist Mike McPhail is best know as the editor of the award-winning Defending The Future (DTF) series of military science fiction anthologies. Currently he is the administrator for the Dark Quest Books' imprints DTF Publications (MilSciFi) and Starsong (SciFi).

He is the creator of the science fiction universe the Alliance Archives (All'Arc), which serves as the backdrop to his (and other authors) stories. It's related role-playing game is part of the dC percentile family of game mechanics, as used in the Martial Role-Playing Game (MRPG) series.
 

Trained in the classical art of a mechanical drafting --and certified in it's computer based counterpart-- his day-job was in the printing industry, as a prepress proofing supervisor for Phoenix Color Corps' New York office, where he was charged with producing finished book cover proofs for their client's approval (namely the great publishing houses of the Laandsrad).

As a member of the Military Writers Society of America, he is dedicated to helping his fellow service members (and deserving civilians) in their efforts to become authors, as well as supporting related organization in their efforts to help those "who have given their all for us."

Being born into a military family, his lifelong dream was to join NASA and become a mission specialist; to that end, he attended the Academy of Aeronautics, and enlisted in the Air National Guard.

While working towards his goal, a sudden illness brought a halt to his dreams, and left him with a life long disability. After coming to grips with his new reality; he chose to put his hard-earned technical skills, experience, and imagination to a new use, that of a storyteller.
 

His wife of 20-years, Danielle Ackley-McPhail, has been described as a "FORCE OF NATURE" in the field of small- and med-press publishing. Having worked in the publishing industry (for the great houses of the Laandsrad) for over a decade, this award-winning author and editor, is the driving force behind her husband's work. www.sidhenadaire.com

"One could not ask for a more qualified partner in such a venture (small-, med-press publishing), between us we have years of experience, and the related skills needed to deal with all aspects of book production."

Mike McPhail

BIBLIOGRAPHY:
"The story begins in 2005 A.D."

Amazon:
2009- www.amazon.com/-/e/B002HESFH2

Websites: (Webmaster)
2006- McP Concepts- www.mcp-concepts.com
2006- Sidhe na Daire- www.sidhenadaire.com
2007- MilSciFi.com- www.milscifi.com
2010- Defending The Future- www.defendingthefuture.com
2010- Bad-Ass Faeries- www.badassfaeries.com
2010- Alliance Archives- www.alliancearchives.net

Awards:
2008- Winner of the 2007 Dream Realm Awards, Best Anthology, "Breach The Hull".

2008- Finalist in the 2007 Dream Realm Awards, For Cover Art, "Breach The Hull".

2009- Finalist in the Next Generation Indie Book Awards, Anthology, "So It Begins"

2009- Finalist in the Next Generation Indie Book Awards, Short Fiction, "So It Begins"

Short Stories:
2005- No Longer Dreams, "Chimera (All'Arc)", Lite Circle, Inc.

2007- Breach The Hull, "Wayward Child (All'Arc)", Marietta Publishing

2009- So It Begins, "Cling Peaches (All'Arc)", Dark Quest Books.

2009- Breach The Hull, "Wayward Child (All'Arc)", Dark Quest Books (reprint)

2009- The Stories In Between, "Beyond Imagine (All'Arc)", Fantasist Enterprises

2011- By Other Means, "Sheepdog (All'Arc)", Dark Quest Books

Editor: (Production)
2007- Breach The Hull, Marietta Publishing

2009- So It Begins, Dark Quest Books

C.J. Henderson's Tales of the E. A. S. Roosevelt (Rocky and Noodles)

20xx- collection:  Everything Is Better With Monkeys

Phoebe Wray's Jemma

Cover Art:
2007- Breach The Hull, Marietta Publishing (CGI)

2009- So It Begins, Dark Quest Books (CGI)

Interior Art:
2007- Breach The Hull, Marietta Publishing (Graphic)

2009- So It Begins, Dark Quest Books (Graphic)

2009- Breach The Hull, Dark Quest Books (Graphic)

2011- By Other Means, Dark Quest Books (Graphic)

2011- No Man's Land, Dark Quest Books (Graphic)

2011- Beer With A Mutant Chaser, Dark Quest Books (Graphic)

2011- Earthdoom, Dark Quest Books (Graphic)

Cover Production:
2005- No Longer Dreams, Lite Circle Inc. (Image / color correction)

2005- Blessed To Give, (Digital cover art; image prep)

2007- To Battle Beyond, Marietta Publishing (Digital cover art; image prep)

2009- Skein Of Shadows. Dark Quest Books (Image correction; hardcover edition)

ENGINEER - AUTHOR/EDITOR - GAMER

Favorite Quote: "I'm a Joseph Campbell man, in a Roseanne Barr world."
Comedian, Taylor Negron

Key:
CGI (Computer Generated Image, or 3D modeling). Graphic (Computer drawn, Vector Line Art, in either B/W or Color). Digital (Digital Photography, or an Image modified through computer processing). Drawing (A graphic created by use of physical materials). BMP (Computer Bitmap graphic).

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