R. Paul Sardanas was born on March 22, 1958, in Framingham, Massachusetts. From 1972 to 1981, his family became homeless, and he lived with his parents, siblings, and a variety of loyal and loving animals in tents, abandoned houses, and on the road in a converted Greyhound bus. He is an author, poet, painter, photographer, has acted in online Shakespeare productions of Othello and Hamlet, is a printer, publisher, bookbinder and anthologist.
He has been nominated 10 times for the Rhysling Award, which recognizes the best speculative poetry of the year. In addition to hundreds of poems published in print and online venues, his books include:
The Day of Black Sunlight (Doc Savage pastiche) 1986
The Empyrean (five volume poetry cycle, illustrated by his own oil paintings) 1996-2004
The Chaotica (three volume poetry cycle, illustrated by his own photography) 2005-2006
Canons of Atheist Gods (poetry collection, illustrations by Marge Simon) 2007
Mythology (illustrated poetry book of classical mythology, with David Cuccia) 2008
Legends of the Fallen Sky (speculative poetry, with Marge Simon) 2008
The City of a Thousand Gods (fantasy short stories, with Marge Simon) 2009
Ferrum (the life of a common man in ancient Rome, with David Cuccia) 2009
Dark of the Sun (historical poetry on the destruction of Pompeii, with David Cuccia) 2010
The Festival of Seven Nights’ Passion (historical novel) 2010
Touch in the Bed of Light (erotic poetry) 2010
The Order of the Golden Rose (erotic thriller) 2010
The Blood Jaguar (erotic thriller) 2011
The Satomi Chronicle (historical novel by Hitomi Y, translation assistance and collaboration by RPS) 2011
Torera (historical erotica, with Tisha Garcia) 2011
Othello Falling (two-person play, performed with Jaeda DeWalt) 2011
Eros, the Divinity of Passion (erotic poetry, with HM Samarel) 2011
Hamlet: Poem Unlimited (six-person play) 2012
Chasing Desdemona (by Jaeda DeWalt, art collab and foreword by RPS) 2012
Beneath an Elegant Moon (historical erotica, with Tisha Garcia) 2012
The Unbound Goddess (erotic thriller) 2012
The Doc Talos Chronicle (six volume erotic/adventure/pulp, with Iason Ragnar Bellerophon) 2015-2021
Esoterica (Doc Talos short stories, artwork, photos, with Iason Ragnar Bellerophon) 2021
The Wife of the Summer Sun (poetic pulp adventure) 2021
Heart Fatale (psychological pulp adventure) 2022
We Are Connected by Invisible Links (Doc Talos Mythos novella, with Andre Vathier and Iason Ragnar Bellerophon) 2022
Rickie (Doc Talos character anthology, with Atom Mudman Bezecny, D.B. Brodie, Joe S. Stuart and Andre Vathier) 2022
Wolves (Doc Talos novel, with Iason Ragnar Bellerophon) 2022
The Talos Chronicle Omnibus (collection of six Doc Talos novels and multiple short stories) 2022
Fear (Doc Talos novel, with Iason Ragnar Bellerophon) 2022
Fortress (Doc Talos novel, with Iason Ragnar Bellerophon) 2022
ANTHOLOGIES
Nox, Dark Poets Against Abuse (international philanthropy) 2006
Distant Passages (best SF poetry of 2007)
The Rhysling Award Anthology (seven consecutive years, 2006-2012)
FOREWORDS AND AFTERWORDS
Beat by Samantha Birch – Foreword (2008)
Detectives Inc Hardcover Collection by Don McGregor – Afterword (2009)
Detectives Inc: A Fear of Perverse Photos, A Repercussion of Violent Reprisal by Don McGregor – Foreword (2011)
Doc Brazen #1: Millennium Bug (second edition) by Jeff Deischer – Introduction (2021)
Doc Brazen #3 Acid Test by Jeff Deischer – Introduction (2022)
Operation Xanadu by Atom Mudman Bezecny – Afterword (2022)
Doc Brazen #6 Golden Opportunity by Jeff Deischer – Introduction (2022)
Doc Talos 