Edward Bryant has been writing terrific sf/f/h for many decades, providing readers with many hours of enjoyment. He's also a wonderful teacher and mentor to young writers, paying forward.

He's now in need and totally deserving of our help so I urge everyone out there to chip in and donate any amount you can. It's our duty to take care of our own.

Ellen Datlow
Editor
www.datlow.com

A few months ago friends and supporters of Ed Bryant, loosely organized and dubbed Friends of Ed (FOE), began working together to help him address emergency, and ongoing financial needs. We were able to raise money to avert the imminent crisis, and this site is part of the longer-term effort. Thanks, Stace, for taking the leadership on this!

Melanie Tem
www.m-s-tem.com

About Us

The Friends of Ed (FOE) is a loosely formed organization consisting of friends, students, mentors, and neighbors of Ed Bryant. We put this site together as a way of giving back to someone who has given so much of himself through the years.

Thank you, Ed.

Questions? Contact Webmaster Stace Johnson.

About Ed Bryant

Edward Bryant is best known as a horror and science fiction writer, with numerous Nebula and Bram Stoker awards for his fiction. He is also known as a reviewer and critic, with his work appearing regularly in Locus Magazine and The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror anthologies.

Perhaps more important, though, is Ed's reputation as a teacher and mentor. He has been instrumental in the careers of many successful writers and editors, several of whom have gone on to become award winners or bestselling authors in their own right. Because of this and his legendary kindness, Ed is beloved by many people in the United States and abroad, and that is the basis for the creation of this site.

Over the last few years, Ed has fallen on hard times due to financial complications from his heart bypass surgery in 2004, a limited income stream, and predatory actions by individuals who took advantage of Ed's kindness. At one point, Ed (who is also a Type-I diabetic) did not have funds available to purchase insulin and was in danger of foreclosure on his house. Thankfully, friends and caregivers stepped in to handle those troubles, but Ed is still facing a long uphill battle to satisfy his financial and medical responsibilities.

To that end, a third party trust fund has been set up for Ed at the Colorado Fund for People with Disabilities. The PayPal donation button below goes to an account administered by the Colorado Fund. Please consider helping Ed by donating funds to the third party trust using this button.

NOTE: This donation is not tax deductible because it is intended for the benefit of one individual.

If you prefer, you can log in to PayPal with your account and send a donation directly to

donate@friendsofed.org.

If you don't have a credit card or PayPal account, you can send
a check or money order to the following address:

Colorado Fund for People with Disabilities
ATTN: Rita Blackwood
One Broadway, Ste. A-330
Denver, CO 80203

Be sure to note in the memo field that the funds should be
applied to the trust for Edward W. Bryant, Jr.

Please consider joining the Friends of Ed Bryant group on Facebook!