Award-winning author and aspiring novelist Blake Hutchins lives in the green hills of Eugene, Oregon with two mostly responsible retired cats. A member of the Wordos writing group, his publication history includes Writers of the Future Vol. XXII, Polyphony, Shimmer, ROAR Vols. 6, 9, and 10, Blood, Blade & Thruster, the tie-in webcomic for the videogame, Blueshift, and credit as Lead Writer on the videogame titles Starsiege: Tribes, Tribes 2, Starsiege, Night at the Museum 2, and Enigma: Rising Tide. When not writing, he gardens, lifts weights, hikes, and participates in local community activism. This is his first appearance in