I am an English professor at Norfolk State University, where I designed a course in writing science fiction and fantasy. I am a past editor of DARK REGIONS and HORROR MAGAZINE. I am also one of the editors of the textbook, Variations on Humankind: An Introduction to World Literature. Critical articles have been published in CLA Journal, Studies in American Fiction, College Literature, etc. From 1998-1999, I was Chairman of the Board of Trustees of HWA, the Horror Writers Association. My first novel, THE BEST LAUGH LAST, won McPherson and Co's (formerly Treacle Press's) First Novel Prize, a...