Bewildering Stories introduces and welcomes...

Matson Sewell

Matson has a decades-long career as a healthcare crisis investigator. She also has an MFA in Fiction Writing from the Vermont College of the Creative Arts and has participated in workshops such as Bread Loaf.

“The Ditto Effect” will surely cause readers to note that Harvey Winchester, a retired police officer, is — at least initially — rather plain in comparison to other characters in the story. His daughter, Cecilia, is much more authoritative, and she strongly objects to his continuing to call her by her childhood nickname, “Sissy.” But stick with the story: Harvey duplicates his allowing “Sissy” to become “Cecilia” by accidentally giving himself a pen name when Cecilia insists he attend a writers’ conference. That “ditto effect” marks the point when Harvey begins to exhibit a personality.

Matson Sewell’s bio sketch can be found here.

Welcome to Bewildering Stories, Matson . We’re glad to have you with us.