A First Place winner in the Writers of the Future Contest, Stephen Woodworth has published speculative fiction for more than a decade. His work has appeared in such venues as <i>The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Weird Tales, Aboriginal Science Fiction</i>, <i> Gothic.Net, </i> and <i>Strange Horizons</i>. A native Californian, he is currently writing more novels in the Violet universe.<br><br><br><i>From the Paperback edition.</i>