***Mark H. Harris*** *is the Stoker Award-nominated author of the book* The Black Guy Dies First: Black Horror Cinema from Fodder to Oscar *and has devoted an unhealthy portion of his life to the horror genre. He uses his middle initial not to be pretentious, but because there are many more famous Mark Harrises in the world who would not like to be associated with his shit. His fiction has appeared in* Eggplant Emoji *literary journal and the* Tales to Terrify *podcast. He can be found at* [markhharrisauthor.com](https://markhharrisauthor.com/).