Late last month, in a shadowy location on Long Island, a sinister cabal met to plan the domination of all mankind. Meanwhile, down the road, the SFBC team stood around a photo studio for an hour or so getting our picture taken. 

So this is us, more or less. (There are other people who work on the club -- including such very important folks as Lauren Lang, who does our Internet marketing, and Edith Cohen, who does the author interviews -- but they couldn't make it to the photoshoot.)

Front row: Julie Altebrando (copyeditor), Shannon Giordano (materials researcher), and Ellen Asher (Editor-in-Chief, Grand High Poobah, and Exalted Queen of All SFF).

Second Row: Tina Palmer (marketing), Theresa Romeo (more marketing), Nicholas Sica (art director), and Mary DeLisio (copywriter).

Back row: Tomaso Milian (head of our creative group), Jay Franco (Altiverse editor), Austen Farrell (Assistant Editor), Andrew Wheeler (Senior Editor and Yr. Humble Correspondent), and Joyce Wiley (Senior Copywriter).

Soon afterward, I got my picture taken solo (as did Jay and Austen), so, if you folks aren't nice, I might inflict my mug on you again, in much closer detail.