Nicholas Litchfield is the founder of the literary magazine Lowestoft Chronicle and editor of twelve literary anthologies. His stories, essays, and book reviews appear in BULL, Colorado Review, Daily Press, Sheffield Star, The MacGuffin, The Virginian-Pilot, Washington Square Review, Yorkshire Evening Post, and elsewhere. He has authored three novels: Swampjack Virus, When The Actor Inspired Chaos and Bloodshed, and Hessman’s Necklace. He has also written introductions to numerous books, including twenty-seven Stark House Press reprints of long-forgotten noir and mystery novels. Formerly a book critic for the Lancashire Post, syndicated to twenty-five newspapers across the U.K., he now writes for Publishers Weekly.