After surviving the Clarion Workshop in writing in 1979 Gene has seen over 80 of his stories published, perhaps most notably: two in the Twilight Zone Magazine, six in the Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, two in Pulpsmith, four in Science Fiction Age, others in Dragon, Fantasy Book, Cemetery Dance, Tomorrow, Starshore, and anthologies like "Dead End: City Limit", "Cemetery Sonata II", "Best of Horrorfind 2000", "Darkness Rising 2", "Dark Fantasy: Best of 2000", and "Men & Women of Letters". Several of his stories have garnered Nebula and Stoker recommendations.Gene O'Neill lives in the Napa Valley with his wife Kay, a subsitute primary grade teacher at St. Helena Elementary School. They have been married for thirty-six years, their grown children, Gavin and Kay Dee, living in San Francisco and NYC.