Brian Martinez is a writer of Science Fiction, Horror, Urban Fantasy, or what some call more generally Dark Fiction. He was born and raised on Long Island, New York where he attended Long Island University and met his wife, Natalia. Riding the boom of self-publishing, Martinez released his apocalyptic A Chemical Fire to a reception of strong reviews. He followed it up with Kissing You is Like Trying to Punch a Ghost, a surreal novel of love and experimental drugs, before returning to the apocalyptic genre with the serialized saga The Mountain and The City.