Randy McCharles is active in Calgary, Alberta's writing community with a focus on dark, humorous fantasy and is a recipient of the prestigious Aurora Award for speculative short fiction. Publishing credits include "Tesseracts 11, 12, & 16; Okal Rel Opus 2 & 6; The Puzzle Box" (EDGE Science Fiction and Fantasy Publishing); "Year's Best Fantasy 9" (David Hartwell and Kathryn Kramer, ed); and is a regular contributor to the "10th Circle Project". He also helps organize literary events and SF & F conventions. In 2005 he co-chaired the first Calgary Westercon, and chaired the 2008 World Fantasy Con...