Curriculum Vitae: Matthew Hanlon
5359 Keene Dr,
San Jose, CA 95124, United States
Phone: +1 (408) 821 7251
Email: mhanlon@mac.com

Fiction and Hypermedia

  • The History of the Mayan Ball League The History of the Mayan Ball League The History of the Mayan Ball League The History of the Mayan Ball League The History of the Mayan Ball League, a short story about the first professional sports league and the odd parallels and perhaps even lessons the modern day National Hockey League could learn from it. Q.I. Productions, December 12, 2012.

  • Final Fenway Fiction: Short Stories from Red Sox Nation, a short story titled "Just Add Water (And Extra Innings)" in an anthology of fiction from Red Sox Nation, the second (?) all fiction anthology devoted to the Red Sox. Cornerstone Publishing, January 01, 2012.

  • Further Fenway Fiction: Short Stories from Red Sox Nation, a short story titled "The Curious Case of Doctor Belly and Mister Itcher" in an anthology of fiction from Red Sox Nation, the second (?) all fiction anthology devoted to the Red Sox. Rounder Books, July 25, 2007.

  • Fenway Fiction: Short Stories from Red Sox Nation, a short story titled "The Long Dark Voyage" in an anthology of fiction from Red Sox Nation, the first all fiction anthology devoted to the Red Sox. Rounder Books, October 25 2005.

  • The Sonatas of Saint Francis, collaborative hypertext fiction (with Michael Joyce, Andrea Morris, and Carolyn Guyer). This fiction is about an island of poets on which Lorca, William and Dorothy Wordsworth, William Blake, and Saint Francis himself live in both image and word and the slippages in between. Appeared with authors' permission on the curriculum of 20 university courses worldwide in the 2000 - 2001 school year. Supertart.com (http://supertart.com/sonatas/) October 2000.

  • Supertart.com, collaborative hypertext site. Supertart is an extension of Sane Magazine, and encourages contributions from various authors. There are presently two projects under development for the site and an infrequent weblog from myself. December 2000 - present.

Online and Self-published

  • Sane Magazine, weekly fiction. http://www.sanemagazine.net/. Sane Magazine is an online humourous fiction site. The site features a main article of ~1,000-2,000 words and a set of horoscopes which are syndicated on numerous sites and in various media. An offering of select articles and short animated films are also published on the site. All content for Sane Magazine is written and developed by myself. Subscriptions to Sane Magazine exceed 200 and the site receives 400 regular visits per week. June 1993 - present.

  • "Destiny Calling", "A Short Story," and an early short story called "The History of the Universe", short fiction, self-published eBooks through Q.I. Productions. These stories have been directly distributed to over 150 readers. 2001.

  • Time, a novel, unpublished novel. The protagonist, an author and ex-tinsel factory worker, leaves his apartment one morning and meets Helen outside City Hall during a protest of which neither of them are taking part. They proceed to get kidnapped, individually and together, three times during the course of the day, all the while attempting to sit down and have a meal together. Subtitled Jean Buridan is Throwing Things Again. 60,000 words. 1997.

  • Editor and chief contributor to The April Fools Issue, The Miscellany News, (Vassar College's student newspaper) 1 April 1996 Issue.

  • "The Wolf and the Penguin," short story, Vassatire, Vassatire was the student satirical publication of Vassar College. 1993.

Screenplays

  • "The Road to Damascus", screenplay for short film. Pending production with director Kate Hardy. 2001.

  • "Olives: Wombats Dig 'Em!", screenplay for an animated short film. Collaboration with animator Leen Al Bassam, New York City. 1997.

Conferences

  • NeXT 1.0 (New Extensions of Technology). Conference, Karlstadt, Sweden, 2000. Presented at the keynote with co-author Michael Joyce.

Professional Experience/ Employment History

  • Apple, Inc., Software engineer. 2007 - present.

  • Eons.com, Software engineer. 2006 - May 2007.

  • Apple Computer (UK and US), Software engineer. 2001 - Feb 2006.

  • Various new media companies, Held various positions including: chief research engineer, network systems architect, lead developer for web-based services and occasional copywriter for the new media agencies Avalanche and Razorfish in New York City. Architected the infrastructure of a New York-based worldwide messenger firm. Chief research engineer, lead developer, and production employee number 3 at an internet start-up called Pangolin/Sportal in London. 1997 - 2001.

  • Senior Intern for the Vassar College English Department, taught HTML and Storyspace tutorials to students and professors, co-taught 100 and 200 level college courses in hypertext, hyperfiction, and computers as they relate to literature.. 1995 - 1997.

  • Other work experience includes cooking at a seafood restaurant, volleyball referee, paperboy, and I was always good at helping out around the house with chopping firewood, shoveling snow, and mowing the lawn.

Education

B.A., Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY, Literature, minor concentration in Philosophy, 1997.

About the author

God Coffee, I Miss You is the forthcoming novel from Sane Magazine founder Matthew Hanlon. He is the author of Time: a novel. He lives somewhere with his Muse, Lorraine and their little tykes, Dylan and Áine.