Michael Beres is a Chicago native recuperating in West Michigan, a member of the Mystery Writers of America, International Thriller Writers, the Sierra Club, the Green Car Club, the Union of Concerned Scientists, and a few other organizations. He's had about 30 short stories published in Amazing Stories, Amazon Shorts, the American Fiction Collection, Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, Ascent, Cosmopolitan, Ellery Queen, Michigan Quarterly Review, The Missouri Review, New York Stories, Papyrus, Playboy, Pulpsmith, Skylark, and Twilight Zone.