Pat R. Steiner

As a child, Pat R. Steiner once found himself hanging from a nail pounded into a tree. Left there by his older siblings, he happily communed with the tree until his mother dragged the whereabouts of the missing younger brother from the guilt-ridden children. Since then he has had a fascination with nature (including the human variety) along with its many mysteries. His writings and art are his attempts to explain these Big Questions as well as those more mundane. Pat is the author of the dark fantasy novel Enlarge Your Tentacles, Overnight! as well as the novellas Wyrd and The White Hart. His short stories have appeared in Eric Flint's Grantville Gazette: Universe Annex and alongside Stephen King in the horror/science fiction anthology Qualia Nous. Pat is also a winner in the long-running international Illustrators of the Future Contest. He lives in Wisconsin with his wife and two children.