![]() In turn, Guthridge helped Martin in finding a job at Clarke University (then Clarke College). Guthridge and Janet Berline won the Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in 1998, in the Novel their Children of the Dusk. Martin met English professor George Guthridge in the mid-`970s from Dubuque, Iowa at a science fiction convention in Milwaukee. From 1973 to 1976, he worked as a writer five days a week after chess tournaments only ran on Saturdays and Sundays. In his early 20s, the short stories he was able to sell gave him some profit but not enough to pay bills which prevented him from becoming the full-time writer he wanted to be. His story in 1975, “… for a single yesterday” about a post-apocalyptic time tripper was selected for inclusion in Epoch. In 1973, his first story to be nominated for the Hugo Award and Nebula Awards was “With Morning Comes Mistfall” which was published in Analog magazine. ![]() His first sale was “The Hero” sold to Galaxy magazine and published in its February 1091 issue. In 1970, he began selling science fiction short stories professionally at age 21.
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