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Louis Sergio Antonelli (Lou Antonelli) (born January 6, 1957 in Medford, Massachusetts) is an American science fiction and fantasy writer who resides in Mount Pleasant, Texas. His stories have been published in magazines based in the U.S., U.K., Australia and Canada.

Antonelli's stories are often characterized by a Texas setting, a strong use of dialogue, and twist or surprise endings.

Antonelli is a Massachusetts native and grew up in Rockland. As a young man, he attended Columbia University and lived in New York City. In 1982, at the age of 25, he ran as a Republican for the United States House of Representatives in a district including most of the West Side of Manhattan Island along with parts of The Bronx. He lost to the Democratic incumbent Ted Weiss by a margin of 85%-15%.

In 1985, Antonelli moved to Texas. He is a professional journalist Messenger Online. He is currently the managing editor of the Mount Pleasant (Tx.) Daily Tribune. The Daily Tribune Online - Contact Us

Antonelli got a late start in his fiction writing career; his first story was published when he was 46 years old in June 2003. His first professional sale was "A Rocket for the Republic", published in Asimov's Science Fiction in September 2005. Contents Lists

He is married to Patricia (Randolph) Antonelli, a Dallas native. They have no children.

His Texas-themed short story reprint collection "Fantastic Texas" was published by Fantastic Books in Dec. 2009. The introduction was written by Howard Waldrop. It includes the following stories:

• A Rocket for the Republic
• The Cast Iron Dybbuk
• The Witch of Waxahachie
• Avatar
• Silence is Golden
• The Rocket-Powered Cat
• Rome, If You Want to
• Big Girl
• The Silver Dollar Saucer
• Body by Fisher
• Video Killed the Radio Star
• Professor Malakoff's Amazing Etheral Telegraph

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