Abby Teed and Julie Peabody have been friends for thirty years, since their days as a dynamic writing duo for their high school newspaper. Abby is a political satirist who has also had her short fiction published in Mason Jar Press's anthology, The Horror is Us, and Hard Time in the Maritimes 'Zine. She served three years on the board of Fog Lit, a local writers' festival, taught creative writing for the University of New Brunswick, and is the local NaNoWriMo municipal liaison (ML). Julie is a quality assurance analyst by day and an aspiring mistress of mystery by night. She spent several years as a professional copywriter in her previous employment.