Gwendolyn Kiste is the three-time Bram Stoker Award–winning author of The Rust MaidensReluctant Immortals, Boneset & FeathersPretty Marys All in a Row, and The Haunting of Velkwood. Her short fiction and nonfiction have appeared in outlets including LitHubNightmare Magazine, Best American Science Fiction and FantasyVastarien, Tor’s NightfireThe Lineup, and The Dark. She’s a Lambda Literary Award winner, and her fiction has also received the This Is Horror Award for Novel of the Year as well as nominations for the Premios Kelvin, Ignotus, and Dragon Awards. Originally from Ohio, she now resides on an abandoned horse farm outside of Pittsburgh with her husband, their excitable calico cat, and not nearly enough ghosts. Find her online at GwendolynKiste.com.