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Letitia Trent is a novelist, short story writer, and poet. Her Shirley Jackson Award–nominated short story, “Wilderness,” appeared in The Best Horror of the Year Volume Eight. Trent is the author of novels Echo Lake and Almost Dark, and poetry collections Match Cut, The Ghost Comes with Me, and The Women in Charge. Her short stories, poetry, and nonfiction have appeared in the Daily Beast, Sou’Wester, Diagram, Waxwing, Smokelong Quarterly, and Hobart, among other publications. In addition to writing, she works in the mental health field. Trent lives in an Ozark mountain town with her husband, son, two black cats, and a dog named Sally.

David James Keaton's award-winning fiction has been widely published. His first novel, The Last Projector, was featured on KirkusReviews.com, and his collection of horror stories, Stealing Propeller Hats from the Dead, received a starred review from Publishers Weekly. More recently, his novel Head Cleaner was recommended by both Booklist and Library Journal. Keaton teaches in California.