Nik Morton is the author of a collection of 23 crime short stories collected in Leon Cazador, P.I., a romantic thriller series Catalyst, Catacomb and Cataclysm, Write a Western in 30 Days, three psychic spy Cold War thrillers Mission: Prague, Mission: Tehran, and Mission: Khyber, a romantic crime thriller An Evil Trade, a vampire thriller set in Malta, Chill of the Shadow, and five other collections of his short stories: Gifts from a Dead Race (sci-fi, horror, fantasy), Nourish a Blind Life (sci-fi, horror, fantasy), Visitors (westerns), Codename Gaby (historical), I Celebrate Myself (crime and adventure). He is also the author of the noir western Cash Laramie adventures, Bullets for a Ballot and Coffin for Cash, and two sci-fi novellas in Continuity Girl. His fantasy novels Floreskand: Wings, Floreskand: King and Floreskand: Madurava are co-authored with Gordon Faulkner. Writing as Ross Morton, Nik has 6 Robert Hale western novels published: Death at Bethesda Falls, Last Chance Saloon, The $300 Man, Blind Justice at Wedlock and Old Guns, and The Magnificent Mendozas. He’s the editor of A Fistful of Legends, 21 stories of the Old West. He sold his first story in 1971 and has had many articles and 120 short stories published, 88 of them in the 5 collection books. Nik served in the Royal Navy for over twenty years and now lives in north-east England with his linguist/musician wife Jennifer. Their daughter, son-in-law and grandson live nearby. Nik was Editor in Chief of a US Publisher 2011-2013.