O'Brien, Rory

Rory O'Brien grew up in New England, surrounded by books, history, and the long shadows of Poe, Hawthorne, and Lovecraft. He spent months haunting the streets of Salem, speaking with tourists, townies, witches, cops, and business owners. He spent a ridiculous amount of money in kitschy tourist attractions, read every guidebook he could get his hands on, and took every walking tour in town ... all in the name of "research." His short fiction has appeared in The Storyteller and The Helix magazines, and Stone Cold: Best New England Crime Stories 2013. Gallows Hill is his first novel. He currently...