Who's Who

Selected Biographies

Founding Members

• Tad Pierson (aka The Emperor), is the driving force behind Barking Mad Productions ... he dreams up the grand schemes, and convinces the rest of Barking Mad that they'll have lots of fun.

• Craig Trader (aka The Production Manager), Craig has known Tad since 1981, and introduced Tad to Interactive Literature in 1988. It has been publicly acknowledged that Barking Mad Productions is All Craig's Fault. Craig is usually the man behind the keyboard, making sure that all of the pieces of a production are ready when the curtain goes up. His wonderful wife Carrie Hafer has been the person behind Craig, keeping him sane for the last decade.

• Frank Ney ... A man of mystery who remains anonymous.

• Fast Eddie Silverman (1958 - 2007)

  Fast Eddie was one of the founding members of BMP and made many contributions to our early successes with our LARPS. His exuberance and ability to make us laugh when we were tense was great. Many of his one-liners, which will make no sense to anyone out of context, can still make us laugh:

  "He dirked his dink in the dork."

  "Yes, that's scary."

  "The BIG OUUUUU was dead!"

  I was privileged to know Fast Eddie over the years and will miss him very much.

  --TAD

Full Members

• John "FuzzFace" McMahon is one of those people your mother warned you about. He has slaved... err... served on the staff of several costuming, gaming, anime, and science fiction conventions over the years. Outside of Barking Mad, he is known to frequent SCA events and Midwestern Gaming Conventions. He has six Lovebirds as pets, owns two GPS receivers, a scrolling LED message board and a cell phone he never carries. He refuses to explain the dark secret behind this terrifying combination. At different times, FuzzFace has been a game demonstrator for Atlas Games, Cheapass Games, Looney Labs and Steve Jackson Games. He is also a member of the "Army of Dorkness", a covert power group and cult dedicated to the writing and drawings of John Kovalic.
  
  Professionally, FuzzFace is a Computer Security Engineer. His exploits have resulted in two TV productions and one book, none of which have been seen in North America. Most people think he made the whole job thing up. They suspect he really works as a Pay Telephone Sanitizer.
  
  FuzzFace lives somewhere near Washington-Dulles International Airport in his own little world. Besides himself and the Lovebirds, his incredibly patient wife lives there as well. His little world on the web is currently at www.shado.info. According to New Jersey state records, he was born in 1965.
  
  FuzzFace has known the other members of Barking Mad Productions longer than any of them wish to recall.

• Richard Butler ... A man of anonymity who remains mysterious.

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