CRAIG CONLEY (Prof. Oddfellow) is recognized by Encarta as “America’s most creative and diligent scholar of letters, words and punctuation.” He has been called a “language fanatic” by Page Six gossip columnist Cindy Adams, a “cult hero” by Publisher’s Weekly, a “monk for the modern age” by George Parker, and “a true Renaissance man of the modern era, diving headfirst into comprehensive, open-minded study of realms obscured or merely obscure” by Clint Marsh. An eccentric scholar, Conley’s ideas are often decades ahead of their time. He invented the concept of the “virtual pet” in 1980, fifteen years before the debut of the popular “Tamagotchi” in Japan. His virtual pet, actually a rare flower, still thrives and has reached an incomprehensible size. Conley’s website is OneLetterWords.com.
"I hope you don't take this the wrong way, but I've used your phone to call a friend of mine from Madrid. He's a priest and I trust him and his discretion completely. I've asked him to come and perform a baptism in your house today. Just in case." —Eba Martín Muñoz, Damned Beings: The Origin
"Don't take this the wrong way, but please butt out. You don't know me, not really. F---, I don't even know me all that well. So if you don't want to watch, turn your head or go in the other room or something. But I have to do this. I have to." —Marc Richard, Harm's Way