Drew Dunlap

Drew Dunlap spends each workday trying to debug financial software. But in the evenings, he lets the creative side of his brain run rampant. If he is not lost in the worlds of television, movies, books or video games, he is probably crawling around a stranger’s basement looking for something paranormal. And when all else fails to distract him (including his wonderful children Trevor and Lydia), he writes. While still new to Steampunk as it relates to writing, he is a longtime fan of Poe and Lovecraft, the later being a direct inspiration for “Patterns”. When the idea for a Steampunk / Horror anthology was his mind, Drew’s thoughts went directly to Lovecraft. The blending of the physical elements of Steampunk and Lovecraft (Drew refers to it as Steamcraft) is nothing new to the world of fiction; the combination of gearboxes and tentacles is a proven winner. But there needed to be an element of that entity which is at the root of fear – the unknown. Is the protagonist mad or does he see something to which we are all blind? “Patterns” asks the question but it is for the reader to decide the answer.