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Eudaly, Rhonda
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- Simpson, Rhonda Eudaly
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Description area
Dates of existence
1969-
History
Rhonda Eudaly is an active fixture on the Texas science fiction & fantasy scene, known not only for her (frequently but not always) comedic writings, her volunteer work at genre conventions, and her con performances as one of the Four Redheads of the Apocalypse. Eudaly's publishing debut was the short story "The Pack", published in the 2003 Yard Dog Press anthology More Stories That Won't Make Your Parents Hurl. Since then she has published in a number of different anthologies and collections, including her own collections When the Party's Over: Fairy Tale Reality Endings (2010), "Please Sir, May I Have Some More?: A Collection of Orphaned Speculative Fiction Stories (2011), and The Astronaut Stole My Sharpie and Other Stories (2019). She wrote the story "Operators Are Standing By" for the 2013 anthology Rayguns Over Texas, edited by Rick Klaw and featuring many writers from the Texas SF scene.
In 2015 Eudaly released her first novel, Tarbox Station (Yard Dog Press), a space opera/murder mystery set aboard the eponymous space station and containing strong elements of Star Trek. Her 2021 novella Vagabond (Zumaya Outworlds) tells the story of a rock band thrust into a dystopian future where music is strictly regulated by the government; the members of Vagabond find themselves teaming up with an underground all-female band called Outcast in a rebellion to save those persecuted by this autocratic regime.
Since 2006, Eudaly has also co-created a series of comedic supernatural stories called Redheads of the Apocalypse, built around the adventures (and misadventures) of the wives of/replacements for the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. With her collaborators Linda L. Donahue, Julia S. Mandala, and Dusty Rainbolt, Eudaly not only writes stories in this series but performs at cons in skits featuring the Redheads. (She performs as Zoe, the widow of Death.) These performances are only the most visible part of Eudaly's participation in regional cons, where she frequently appears as a panelist as well as works behind the scenes as a volunteer organizer and conrunner (as does her husband Jimmy Simpson).
In her professional life, Eudaly worked from 2014-2022 as a planning analyst for the Ciry of Dallas' Office of Emergency Management.
Eudaly maintains a website, entitled "The Plot Bunnies Ate My Brain", at https://www.rhondaeudaly.com/, where she writes on not only her life and work, but her very strong opinions about different varieties of pens. Eudaly currently lives in Arlington, TX, near Dallas.