People are Strange When You're a Lit Mag!
I saw online that an alternate name was John Siepkes. It only took a very cursory google search to find the obituary of a Mary Ann Siepkes, maiden name Kucera, survived by a son, John Siepkes. Seems possible he just used his mother's maiden name when submitting work. He may be very well "having one on." But in the the (admittedly few) instances in which I have had work accepted for publication, I have signed a contract attesting that the work is my own. To the extent that he violated terms of contracts he may have signed, and accepted payment for work that was plagiarized, I would assume there is some legal recourse, should those affected wish to pursue it. Again, cursory google searches suggest he may have grown up in North Versailles, Pennsylvania. Perhaps on Angeline Dr. And if he attended his home school, may have attended East Allegheny Junior-Senior High School. He also claimed to have gone to Carlow University. If that is true, he might be traced through that connection. If I were someone whose work he stole, or someone who published his work under false pretenses, I'd be seeking legal recourse.
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