About Mark


Author Bio

Mark Tomlinson (a.k.a., Mark Edwin) has been spinning tales of the fantastic for as long as anyone can recall.

Mark’s love of robots and science fiction reaches back to a ‘past your bedtime’ viewing of the 1956 classic Forbidden Planet on Color TV, and a Saturday matinée of Kubrick and Clarke’s 2001: A Space Odyssey. His stories are informed by four decades in the Computer and Information Technology industries; from room-sized computers with rows of tape drives, to cloud computing and artificial intelligence.

It’s hard to say when Mark Edwin started writing poetry, but he wrote plenty of it during puberty and the confusing years of junior high school—half a century ago. The dramatic short stories began as soon as he had access to a typewriter—because he couldn’t read his hand-writing. Dealing with the anger of youth, the anxiety of adulthood, and the anguish of age, Mark Edwin opens those boxes from his psychic basement and spills them on the front lawn.

He now claims to be retired, and is living with his wife and pets in Ray Bradbury’s Green Town, Illinois.


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Awards

Drama

Honorable Mention-Mainstream/Literary Short Story-92nd Annual Writer's Digest Writing Competition

Honorable Mention
Mainstream/Literary Short Story
Writer’s Digest Writing Competition

92nd Annual 2023

Jarrett Ares had a plan.

Science-Fiction

Writers of the Future Silver Honorable Mention

Silver
Honorable Mention
Writers of the Future

Can a machine be conscious? Cooper didn’t think so.

Trapped in a freezer by an angry mob, Sally and Emaa discuss theology.

Jackson thought he might be losing his girlfriend. He knew he was losing his mind.

Does your legacy live on past your life? What if you are a machine?

Writers of the Future Honorable Mention

Honorable Mention
Writers of the Future

When your best friend needs an upgrade, what could possibly go wrong?

The Rocail’s lawnmower goes on a side quest.

Empathy can be learned, even if we don’t know we’re learning it.