Lee Harper Oswald is a writer and editor with a BA in English, (concentration in 18th and 19th-century Gothic literature) from Gettysburg College, and an MFA in fiction and publishing from Chatham University. Academic writing is mostly zombies, Lovecraft, and heavy metal. Fiction best described as literary paranormal or downright ridiculous, depending on what you’re reading.
Education:
2009-2011 Chatham University, M.F.A. in fiction. Creative Writing Graduate Program. Certificate: Publishing.
2009 The Gettysburg Review Conference for Writers, fiction workshop.
2005-2009 Gettysburg College, B.A. in English. Major field of concentration: 18th and 19th century Gothic literature; minor field: writing. Honors Thesis: Swedenborgianism’s Influence on the Supernatural Literature of Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu. Graduated English Honors, Magna Cum Laude.
2008 Advanced Studies in England linked with University College, Oxford (Instruction in Bath and Oxford, UK), spring semester.
Professional Experience
Despumation Press. September 2013-Present. Founder/Editor-in-Chief.
Freelance Editor: May 2011-Present. Proof/Copy Editing, Substantive/Developmental Editing.
Nightscape Press. March 2013-Present. Copy Editing/Proofing.
Nightscape Press. February 2014 – August 2014. Partner/Editor.
Autumn House Press. January 2010-September 2010. Assistant Editor.
The Fourth River. August 2009-May 2010. Managing Editor.
The Gettysburg Review. May 2008-June 2009. Editorial Assistant.
The Gettysburg Review Writer’s Conference. Summers 2008 & 2009. Assistant.
Conference Papers:
“Zombie Culture: The Audience and the Undead.” Fourth Global Conference: Monsters and the Monstrous in Oxford, England (Mansfield College, Oxford University; Sept 18, 2006).
“‘Herbert West – Reanimator’: The Aesthetic Bridge between Gothic Tradition and the Zombie Mythos.” Joint Conference of the National Popular Culture and American Culture Associations in Boston, MA (Apr. 4, 2007).
Editing:
Love Damned Love. Anthology. Indie Gods Publishing, 2006. Co-edited.
Arms, Angels, Epitaphs, & Bones: An Anthology of Graveyard Poetry. Poetry collection. Babu Bertha Press, 2010. Produced/Edited.
The Archipelago: A Balkan Passage. Travel/Nonfiction. Autumn House Press, 2010. Edited.
Sterling City. Novella/Fiction. Nightscape Press. 2013.
Heirs of War. Novel. Mara Valderran. 2013.
Despumation #1. Journal. Despumation Press. May 2014.
Heirs of War: Crown of Flames. Novel. Mara Valderran. 2014.
The Healing Monsters. Anthology. Despumation Press. April 2015.
Despumation #2. Journal. Despumation Press. April 2015.
Publications:
Fiction/Poetry:
“The Surprise.” Short story. GIVE: An Anthology of Anatomical Entries. February 2015. Print.
“Snake: The Arts!” Poetry Collection. Free Snake Poems About Snakes: Let’s Do This. March 2014. Print.
“Howdy Doody Time.” Anthology. Shock Totem: Holiday Tales of the Macabre and Twisted. Halloween 2014. Print.
“Of Wolves and Donkeys: RLS’s Untold Journey Through the Cévennes.” Novel excerpt. Monsters and the Monstrous. Global Interdisciplinary Research Studies. 2014. Print.
“The Second Battle of Gettysburg.” Short story. Roms, Bombs, and Zoms. Evil Girlfriend Media, September 2013. Print.
“The Obstruction.” Short story. PSTD: Volume 3. Postscripts to Darkness, April 2013. Print.
“The Donkey Farm.” Short story. Magic Cat Press, 2012. Electronic.
“Wall-eyed.” Short story, The Undead: Volume Three: Flesh Feast anthology, Permuted Press, 2007. Print.
Non-Fiction:
“Black Bull.” Flash non-fiction. Andrea Reads America: A Literary Tour of the USA. May, 2014. Electronic.
Readings:
6th Annual Alexander Berkman Memorial Labor and Music Festival. Big Idea Bookstore, Pittsburgh, Pa. July 23, 2013.
Illustration:
Despumation Vol. 1: Issue 1. Despumation Press. May 2014. Print.
Last Night While You Were Sleeping. When The Dead Books. 2014. Print.
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