G. M. Lupo

Claire Christine Belmonte starts out as Christine Messner but assumes a new name and attitude after leaving home in her teens. She’s become an important figure in what I call the Expanded Universe of Fictional Atlanta, where I base most of my writing these days. Christine Messner from Fables of the New South: Phoenix. Claire Christine Belmonte from Fables of the New South, Reconstruction, and…

Here’s to another year around the sun. Just starting out, 1963. Probably around a year to eighteen months. Working the bow tie.

Alfred, Chizuko, and their children, Genzo Abel, Aaron Riku, and Midori Avis. Aaron Riku, Genzo Abel, and Midori Avis Collins. Aaron Riku, Genzo Abel, and Midori Avis Collins.

Eleanor Goolsby treating Plague victims in Elizabethan England. Eleanor Goolsby with Francis Tremaine examining a Plague victim. Eleanor Goolsby working with Black soldiers during WWI. Eleanor Goolsby argues with Francis Tremaine about her assignment. Eleanor Goolsby working with Black soldiers during WWI. Eleanor (now Rigby) in the hospital. Eleanor in the children’s ward at the…