About Naufana

From experimental beat author William S Burroughs' novel, Cities of the Red Night: Naufana, the city of illusion, "where nothing is true and therefore everything is permitted." These were said to be the last words of Hassan-I Sabbah, late 11th century Persian scholar, mystic, assassin.

Kelly McCormack created Naufana.com in 1998 as a personal website for his artwork. It has since been reinvented as a collaborative platform for artistic expression in the e-zine model.

Naufana.com is dedicated to Alistair Summers Ramsdale. friend, dungeonmaster, partner in crime, hero. -KM

Contributor Bios

Kelly McCormack images, articles, reviews - head cheese, founder, creative director, code monkey, and pixel pusher of Naufana.com

Alexandra Kusmina poetry, short stories, articles, literary editor

Jesse Russell short stories

Michael Raffaele poetry

Bianca wine reviews

Melanie Marquis reviews, articles