Kelly McCullough's first novel, WebMage was released by ACE books in 2006 and followed by a four sequels to complete the series, Cybermancy in 2007. Two more books in the series, CodeSpell, MythOS, SpellCrash.

The WebMage books are a fantasy-cyberpunk hybrid set in a universe where an ever-increasing number of life threads has forced the Greek Fates to a upgrade the great loom of Fate into a computerized system that blends magic with programming. Of course, where there are computers there are also hackers. Enter Ravirn, a hacker/sorcerer, and his laptop familiar, Melchior. Ravirn is the grandson of both the Greek Fate Lachesis and Thalia the muse of comedy and comedic poetry, making him the end product of Fate and Slapstick. Together with Melchior he takes on Fate, Hades, Nemesis, and all other comers. The results range from disastrous to catastrophic with many side trips into the sublimely silly.

In addition to his novel work Kelly is involved in using science fiction to teach science. His book, Chronicles of the Wandering Star, isbn 1585914053, is an illustrated science fiction serial novel published by It's About Time as part of the InterActions in Physical Science project (formerly CIPS). InterActions is a National Science Foundation-funded middle school curriculum that uses extensive computer simulations and a research based approach to teach physical  science.

Kelly's first published work, WebMage, a short story that forms the roots of the novel, appeared in Weird Tales #317, where it was chosen by readers as the best story of the issue. He has since become something of a regular there, with three past appearances and several more forthcoming. His work has appeared in Tales of the Unanticipated, and the anthologies Writers of the Future Vol XVII, and The DNA Helix, a "best of" DNA Publications collection among others. Kelly's complete bibliography contains short descriptions of all of his published and forthcoming works.

In addition to WebMage, Kelly has several other novels with his agent, Jack Byrne of Sternig Byrne. His current projects include a number of other series that are in various stages of development. More information on the books can be found on his bibliography page.

In the area of science education, he has also worked as a style and continuity editor for the Constructing Physics Understanding project (CPU), another physical science curriculum developed with funding from the NSF and available through the Learning Team. He got involved in curriculum development while trying to spend more time with his wife, then a graduate student in physics education. She is now a Department Chair at UW Stout.

Kelly occasionally teaches course on fantasy writing at the Loft Literary Center in Minneapolis. He's also a past participant in the MISFITS Authors in the Schools program. He is available to speak on topics in science fiction and fantasy with further information at About SF's speculation speakers organization.

If you're interested in meeting Kelly, look for him at the current editions of WisCon, MarsCon, CONvergence, or the American Association of Physics Teachers summer meeting, as he usually attends all four.

Kelly is a member or alum of a number of Minnesota writer's groups, who's member sales to date include more than twenty novels and a hundred and fifty short stories and poems: Guts & Rocks, Karma Weasels, and Wyrdsmiths. He is also an active life member of the Science Fiction Writers of America and a member of sfnovelists.com.

The McCullough list of recommended reading in science fiction and fantasy can be seen here.

Over the course of his writing Kelly has assembled a small collection of research links.

Many thanks to Christopher Jones the artist responsible for the robot Melchior graphic. This image was made for Kelly's Guest of Honor badge at Convergence 2009.
Thanks are also owed to Ben Zvan, the host and maintainer of this webpage, who adapted Christopher's work for the title graphic. And to Stephanie Zvan, without whom this webpage would be both more confusing and less grammatical.