Tim Pratt’s fiction has won a Hugo Award, and has been a finalist for Sturgeon Memorial, Stoker, World Fantasy, Mythopoeic, and Nebula Awards, among others. His books include three short story collections, most recently Antiquities and Tangibles and Other Stories; a volume of poems; contemporary fantasy novels The Strange Adventures of Rangergirl and Briarpatch; science fantasy The Nex; steampunk novel The Constantine Affliction (as T. Aaron Payton); various roleplaying game tie-in fantasy novels; and, as T.A. Pratt, seven books (and counting) in an urban fantasy series about sorcerer Marla Mason. He edited anthology Sympathy for the Devil and co-edited Rags and Bones: New Twists on Timeless Tales with Melissa Marr. He works as a senior editor for Locus magazine, and lives in Berkeley CA with his wife Heather Shaw and their son River. Find him online at timpratt.org.

Andy Deemer is a writer, a fast-food horror filmmaker and a producer of videogames. Currently he lives in Bangalore with his girlfriend Michelle Woo and their bearded dog, Chop Suey. The Stormglass Protocol is his first novel