Thana Niveau lives in a crumbling gothic tower in Wicker Man country. She shares her life with fellow horror scribe John Llewellyn Probert, in a Victorian library filled with arcane books and curiosities. All her life Thana has been drawn to the darker aspects of life. She was a fearful child, plagued by nightmares and anxiety. Horror saved her. Scary films gave her an outlet for all that darkness and fear became her friend. Jason and Freddy were her childhood companions. On the literary side, Poe was her first great horror love, followed swiftly by Stephen King and Ramsey Campbell. Their stories frightened her while at the same time inspiring her. She still had nightmares, but now they were more like visits from a slightly sadistic muse. Writing all the scary stuff down turned it from a curse into a blessing.

Stuart Young is the author of Spare Parts, Shards of Dreams and The Mask Behind the Face. His stories have appeared in numerous magazines and anthologies including Darkness Rising, Midnight Street, We Fade to Grey and The Mammoth Book of Future Cops. His novella, The Mask Behind the Face, won the British Fantasy Award. "Stuart Young not only writes stories, he gives them life." — TIM LEBBON