Chuck Caruso lives with a medicine woman and their two cattle dogs in Portland, Oregon, where he teaches literature and creative writing at local colleges.  His crime, horror, and western noir tales have appeared in numerous print and online publications, including Cemetery Dance, Shroud, Flash Fiction Offensive, The Big Adios, and The Western Online.  Most recently his work has been mentioned on NPR’s All Things Considered and selected for inclusion in Otto Penzler’s “best of the web” anthology Kwik Krimes.  Follow him on Twitter: @jcdarkly  Or visit his website: chuckcaruso.com