RAY VAN HORN, JR. is a veteran journalist and author. He spent sixteen years covering music and film for outlets such as Blabbermouth, AMP, DVD Review, Metal Maniacs, Noisecreep, and many others. Ray's blog, "The Metal Minute", won Metal Hammer magazine's "Best Personal Blog" award. Ray wrote NHL game analysis for The Hockey Nut and other sports articles for Kid Shtick. He was a beat reporter and photographer for The Emmitsburg Dispatch and The Northern News and wrote serialized superhero fiction for Cyber Age Adventures. He was the 1999 winner of Quantum Muse's fiction contest.
