Michael Bailey is the multi-award-winning author of the novels PALINDROME HANNAH and PHOENIX ROSE and the short story and poetry collection SCALES AND PETALS. He is also the editor of PELLUCID LUNACY, CHIRAL MAD 1 and 2, QUALIA NOUS, and THE LIBRARY OF THE DEAD, forthcoming in early 2015 from his publishing company, Written Backwards. Michael's nonlinear fiction and poetry can be found in anthologies and magazines around the world, including the US, the UK, Australia, Sweden and South Africa. In 2013 he was nominated for a Bram Stoker Award for his Bradbury-inspired "Fireman / Primal Tongue."