***Steve Loiaconi*** *is a journalist and a graduate of George Mason University's MFA program. His fiction previously appeared in* Griffel, The Mystery Tribune, Samfiftyfour, Tales of the Fantastic, *and* The Saturday Evening Post, *as well as the anthologies* Dracula’s Guests, P is for Poltergeist, *and* Open All Night. *He lives in Washington, DC with his wife and son, and you can find him on* [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/stephen.loiaconi/), [Twitter](https://twitter.com/sloiaconi), *and* [his website](https://steveloiaconi.wordpress.com/).