My name is Wilfredo S. Duran, but my friends call me Fred. I'm a writer out of Southern Connecticut, currently in my junior year at St. John's University in Queens, NY, studying Psychology.
Writing-wise, I was first published at age 17 in Mysterious Visions Anthology #4 (with pencils by Sean Patella-Buckley, inks by Tomm Gabbard, and grays and letters by Adam Chowles), and then again a couple years later in Mysterious Visions Anthology #13 (with pencils, inks and grays by C.A. Haidusek and letters by me!), both showings published courtesy of the great people at Dimestore Productions.
Currently, I'm involved with two very exciting anthology projects -- both of which, incidentally, I submitted to on a whim: Skipper Martin's Bizarre New World , to which I'm contributing a 9-page webcomic short (with pencils and inks by Dexter Wee, colors by Michael Spicer, and letters TBD); and the Once Upon a Time Machine anthology over at the Digital Webbing Forums, to which I'm contributing a 13-page futuristic re-imagination of Lewis Carroll's classic "Alice in Wonderland" (with pencils and inks by Dave Proch; colors and letters TBD). Needless to say, I'm very thankful that I listened to the little voices that told me to submit to both of those anthologies.
Not that I have little voices that tell me to do things, or anything...
In addition to those two anthologies (my parts in both of which are finished), I recently got involved with another very exciting anthology with a group that calls itself the Small Press Commandos. Here's how it works: two or more creative teams will be taking a motif (such as noir, or "on an airplane"), and in the span of one week the team will make a complete 4+ page comic story, from the conception of the idea to the final colors and letters. We'll be displaying all the stories online when they're done week by week. Hopefully there will be a lot of buzz and we'll be able to collect every ten or so weeks' worth of stories into a print anthology. Fingers crossed, eh?
Besides writing, I play trumpet, electric bass, sing and rap, and dabble in music production. I also practice parkour, I design tattoos freelance (and usually free of charge; I'm such a nice guy), and I enjoy playing Halo a lot more than I probably should.
My main goal as a writer is to tell a story that will make you think. Love it or hate it (just don't eat it), if it made you think, then I consider it a success.
But if you do end up loving it, tell your friends!
See you at the top,
-Fred
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