Elizabeth Rayne
School
Fairfield University, Fordham University
Expertise
Science, Literature, Movies
- Elizabeth has been a professional writer since 2011.
- She can go from science to science fiction and vice versa, covering everything from comic cons to rocket launches.
- She is also a fiction writer and has published some short stories and poems on the edge of sci-fi and horror.
Experience
Elizabeth has been a professional writer for over a decade. After starting out as a copywriter who used her vacation days to go to conventions rather than resorts, wishing she could be one of the writers on the other side, she later became one, writing for SYFY WIRE and Den of Geek. She has now covered everything from cons such as SDCC and NYCC to rocket launches, most notably the launch of Lucy, which is the first spacecraft to ever venture out to the Trojan asteroids. Elizabeth was able to interview scientists from institutions such as NASA, SwRI, ESA, the Max Planck Institute, and many more. She has also published short stories and poems in weird fiction magazine Forbidden Futures. She idolizes Anne Rice and is owned by a talking parrot named Lestat who thinks he's an actual vampire.
Education
Elizabeth holds a bachelor's degree in English from Fairfield University and a master's in English writing from Fordham University.
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Stories By Elizabeth Rayne
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Geomagnetic storms can be caused by solar flares or coronal mass ejections (CMEs). It was a CME that set off the dramatic New York Railroad Storm of 1921.
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From Washington's notorious Wellington avalanche to a disaster that killed 70,000 people in Peru, here's a rundown of the deadliest avalanches in history.
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Murderers will do anything to hide a body, and sometimes, that involves keeping things cold. These are the creepiest murder fridges and freezers in history.
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Behind the parade of perfect paws, there are shady things going on behind the scenes of dog shows. These are the dark secrets of dog shows revealed.
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Secret societies have been around almost as long as humanity. And some are super secret, while others not so much. Leaving can be complicated.
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Here are a few places that could become too hot for humans to inhabit if nothing is done to reverse the trend of climate change. Some are closer than you think.
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From Aristotle and Zeno to Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking, great minds have spent their lives researching and proving seemingly self-contradictory ideas.
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When you throw something out, do you think about its afterlife? Not all garbage decomposes quickly. These are the things that take the longest to decompose.
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Some of the most famous inventions ended up maligned by none other than their own creators. These are some people who were ruined by their greatest creation.
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Some objects in space make it seem as if dinosaurs were roaming around yesterday. These ancient objects are some of the oldest in the universe.
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Atari. The name makes you think of "Pong," "Space Invaders," and countless other classic video games. Read on to see just how much Atari revolutionized gaming.
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Okinawa might seem like the Eden of the Pacific, but there has been - and still is - trouble in paradise. This is the tragic history of Okinawa.
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From malfunctioning sharks to a pre-production director shake-up, here are some of the unexpected things that happened during the making of "Jaws."
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Snuffleupagus. Can you pronounce it? Can you even spell it? Aloysius Snuffleupagus became Big Bird's BFF in Season 3 of "Sesame Street." Here's his story.
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Ghost is not just a metal band. They are an entire phantasmagoria, haunted by the lore and rumors dreamed up by their lead singer and mastermind, Tobias Forge.
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Tattoos may be more mainstream, but regulations and industry best practices have unfortunately remained a problem.
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Blockbuster stores were once as common as McDonald's, but in a decade's time, it would go from being a multi-billion-dollar entertainment company to Chapter 11.
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On July 15, 1976, a heinous crime against children was committed. These are the chilling details about the school kids buried alive in a bus in 1976.
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When NASA's James Webb Space Telescope was launched, it was expected to beam some incredible images back to Earth. It is now smashing those expectations.
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Tucked away in the Italian town of Bomarzo is an overgrown garden on monstrous delights with an unusual story.
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From China came some of the oldest and most advanced ancient maps. From legend to modernity, here is the history of cartography in ancient China explained.
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It was March 13, 1980, when John Wayne Gacy was convicted of 33 murders. But some mysteries still surround this infamous serial killer. Here are some.
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Leave the coat behind and find out what made midsummer so mystical and almost as huge a deal as Christmas in some places. Believing in fairies is optional.
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The Drab Four's music was an outlet for some dark, almost unreal experiences. These are the tragic real-life stories of the genre-bending band Type O Negative
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The idea of nuking Mars is based on the idea of transforming the planet for human habitation. Here's what would happen.
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Emo rose out of the hardcore and punk scene and was known for its subculture of angsty, eyeliner teens who loved My Chemical Romance. Here is its history.
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Disney World has evolved over the years, adding magic to the part and its attractions regularly. Here what things were like when you were born.