Brian Evenson

**Brian Evenson** is the author of over a dozen books of fiction, most recently the story collection *A Collapse of Horses*. He has been a finalist for the Shirley Jackson Award three times. His novel *Last Days* won the American Library Association’s award for Best Horror Novel of 2009. His novel *The Open Curtain* was a finalist for an Edgar Award and an International Horror Guild Award, and has just been rereleased by Coffee House Press. He is the recipient of three O. Henry Prizes as well as an NEA fellowship. He lives in Valencia, California, and works at CalArts. — Children of Lovecraft