Steve Van Samson is the author of "The Unpleasant Mister SNif", “Mark of the Witchwyrm”, "The Bone Eater King" and "Marrow Dust" and of the collections "Year of the Rattlesnake" & "Black Honey and Other Unsavory Things". A strong proponent of character diversity & of avoiding cliché like the plague, his short stories have appeared in anthologies including “SLAY: Stories of the Vampire Noire”, “More Lore From the Mythos volumes 1 & 2” and in the comic book anthology series “Gore Shriek: Resurrectus”. Steve is also the co-host of the Retro Ridoctopus podcast and watches entirely too many black and white monster films.