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I'm a horror and fantasy writer and poet; published in a few places. I'm mostly focused at the moment on the series of dark fantasy novels I've had in the works for what seems like a life time now; The Chronicles of the Infernal Empire. They center around the lives of the crown princes and other royal figures who created the Earth, jointly rule Hell, and war against Heaven. The first book in the series will be titled The Reluctant Prince and is currently being edited and prepared for publication. Watch my blog Infernal Ink (hydramstar.blogspot.com) for updates and details of this and other personal news and reflections.

If you are wondering, by chance, about my name and how I came by it, I was originally born to a "good" god-fearing mother who named me after Christ, but the name never exactly stuck. I was while growing up called by various nicknames; partly because a good number of the other god-fearing mothers in our community had had the same idea in naming their daughters after Christ as mine did and it all became too confusing for teachers and other adults forced to deal with the product of their lack of originality and partly because the name given me never quite suited me. I have every since my high school years, when I first started getting my poetry published, gone by the name Hydra M. Star. Most people today don't know me by anything else and even my mother has given up the battle for my name and my soul and calls me Hydra.

And, if you're also wondering exactly which religion is 'other', I'm a Satanist and member of the Church of Satan. My religion doesn't divine me, I define it. If you want to change it, you want to change me. If you attack it, you attack me. Understand that before raising the subject, or let it lie.

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Writers, publishers, editors, critics, and artists of all sorts. In fact, if you're just the sort of person who'd rather spend your evenings snuggled up in bed with a book and a cup of tea instead of on the couch in front of the television with a bag of chips, go ahead and send me an add request. If I sent you a request odds are it's because I believe we have some common interest and/or you're in some way connected to the publishing industry (writer, editor, publisher, etc.) and are here for networking. You can now also find and befriend me via Facebook.

I make a point of reading and replying to nearly all private messages (the ones that aren't pointless or lame come-ons anyway), but a good portion of the bulletins posted by those on my friends list are junk and I only open the ones I happen to see that have interesting subject lines. If ever you have something you want me to be aware of and/or think I might be interested in, please, message me directly or don't blame me for missing it.

All comments posted to this page must be approved before they will appear. Anyone attempting to post comments or messages of a religious nature (this includes holiday wishes) that are not Satanic, Atheistic, and/or clearly satire will be removed from my friends list, period. Comments advertising a product or event will only be allowed through if I know the poster personally, support the theology behind it, or it is book/literature related. Even then only send once. Every other kind of promotion, and repeat attempts to post the same comment, will be marked as spam. Likewise, all comments sent using a Myspace App will also be tagged as spam and deleted. I find virtual drinks, kisses, and the like to be just plain asinine and won't have them on my page. Comments with videos, images, or text/links which horizontally stretch out my page will be removed regardless of meeting the other above requirements. Also, and finally, no "text speak" or any other form of shorthand, ever. If you don't have the time to type out your thoughts, I don't have the time or the desire to read them. Thank you!