Aurel Cărășel, writer, translator, animator, publisher, SF organizer, was born on March 15, 1959 in Craiova. He graduated from the Faculty of Philology, Craiova; Faculty of Journalism and Communication Sciences, Bucharest. In 1985 he founded the Atlantis-Club, whose coordinator he was until 1990. In 1990, together with Alexandru Mironov and Sorin Repanovici, he founded the SF Atlantykron creative camp. Between 1990 and 1993 he was president of the Craiova SF Creators Association. He has published more than 15 volumes, including Vânătoare de nocte — under the pseudonym Harry T. Francis (Ed. Recif, 1995, Bucharest), God beyond the belly of the Universe (Ed. Nemira, 2011, Bucharest), Tales from Mount Golia (Ed. Virtual Eagle, ebook, 2013), Fairy Tales Nomia (Ed. Virtual Eagle, ebook, 2014). He has published stories in: Science and Technology, Literary Conversations — SF Supplement, CPSF Anticipation, Start 2001, Star Trafic SF, Euchronia, Magazin, Jurnalul SF, Strict Secret, National Courier, Ramuri Almanac, Rebus, Anticipation Almanac, Word of Freedom, SF Dependent, Nautilus, Argonaut, Metamorphoses.