Wayne Kyle Spitzer (born July 15, 1966) is an American author and low-budget horror filmmaker from Spokane, Washington. He is the writer/director of the short horror film Shadows in the Garden, as well as the author of Flashback, a horror novel published in 1993. Spitzer's non-genre writing has appeared in subTerrain Magazine: "Strong Words for a Polite Nation" and Columbia: The Magazine of Northwest History. Spitzer was highly active in Spokane's underground filmmaking scene from 1994 to 2005. His notable projects include Dead of Night, a Spokane-area (cable TV) broadcast venture, Don't Look Up, and a feature-length compilation, Monstersdotcom, including Shadows in the Garden and Last Stop Station. Spitzer has taught creative writing at Corbin Art Center and Airway Heights Corrections Center. He holds a Master of Fine Arts degree in Writing from Eastern Washington University, a Bachelor of English from Gonzaga University, and an Associate in Applied Science degree in Television Production from Spokane Falls Community College. Spitzer's recent work includes The Ferryman Pentalogy, comprising Comes a Ferryman, The Tempter and the Taker, The Pierced Veil, Black Hole, White Fountain, To the End of Ursathrax, and The X-Ray Rider Trilogy, along with Algernon Blackwood's The Willows: A Scriptment. References External links https://www.inlander.com/spokane/dark-shadows/Content?oid=2175111 Goodreads entry1 Spitzerkumpon Channel on YouTube Spitzerkumpon YouTube Profile Indieflix.com Curriculum Vitae Teaching Teaching Phantom of the Movies' Videoscope Magazine Further reading Interview: Adapting 'The Willows' Dead men stalk airwaves, Spokesman-Review Article, The Region, front of page Dead men stalk airwaves, Spokesman-Review Article, The Region, article continued Living people 1966 births Writers from Spokane, Washington American filmmakers American male writers Artists from Spokane, Washington