Arlan has been selling science fiction stories, poems, and articles since first appearing in ISAAC ASIMOV’S SCIENCE FICTION MAGAZINE in January 1980. With over 100 short stories and 400 non-fiction pieces, his latest work is longer, an e-trilogy from Baen Books,THE SHADOWFALL CHRONICLES –THAW, MELT, and FLOE.

A retired engineer with a long career that included positions at White Sands Missile Range, the White House Science Office, national laboratories, and high-tech startups, Arlan is the founder and director of SIGMA, the science fiction think tank, a group of 40 science fiction and game writers who provide pro bono futurism consulting to the US Government and others. Arlan has also appeared multiple times as a guest on the popular television series Ancient Aliens!

As Editor of Talisman House Press, an imprint of Hydra Publications, Arlan also has also edited esoteric non-fiction books.

Arlan and his wife Joyce reside in Crestwood, Kentucky.