MB Partlow grew up in a family that was part of the Witness Protection Program, and isn’t legally allowed to talk about it. She overcame crippling shyness to pursue her dream of being an Olympic equestrian, but when that career path closed, she co-founded an outlaw motorcycle gang with a French Canadian mime named Frederick. She isn’t legally allowed to talk about him, either. She currently enjoys being Teller to Shannon’s Penn.

A fan of all things fantastical and frightening, Shannon Lawrence writes primarily horror and fantasy. Her stories can be found in over forty anthologies and magazines, and her three solo horror short story collections and her nonfiction title, The Business of Short Stories, are available now. You can also find her as a co-host of the podcast Mysteries, Monsters, & Mayhem. When she's not writing, she's hiking through the wilds of Colorado and photographing her magnificent surroundings, where, coincidentally, there's always a place to hide a body or birth a monster. Find her at www.thewarriormuse.com.