Mark Merlino

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Mark Merlino (aka Sylys Sable) is one of the co-founders of ConFurence, helped Califur find its first and second hotels, and is often identified as one of the founding members of the furry fandom^{[citation needed]}, along with his long time mate Rod O'Riley. He owns a well-known furry household, The Prancing Skiltaire in Garden Grove, California, and was one of the founders of the Cartoon/Fantasy Organization. He was the creator of the first furry BBS, Tiger's Den, which was hosted at his house, and (with Rod) organized the first furry parties in 1985-86, most notably at Westercon.

Mark has accumulated an enormous repetoire of furry persona characters and has a tradition of naming his characters with the prefix "Sy-". Some of them include the recom Sylys Sable, Sy the skiltaire, Sydney Fisher, and the silkies Sylvester Thomas and Syndy Skye. Sega the ratel is an exception.

Mark was a Guest of Honour at Eurofurence 7 (2001) and Morphicon One (2004).

Mark has been involved with several periodicals, including Touch, In-Fur-Nation and Western Weyr (a Pern fanzine). He was a co-writer on the furry role-playing game Other Suns (which included his Skiltaire species), and has written non-fiction articles for FurVersion and New Horizons. Mark's stories of the First Light Pride appeared in comic form in New Horizons, and were reprinted in Four Footed Furries, also published by Shanda Fantasy Arts.

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