Charles is the author of The Prodigal Troll and the collection Wild Things. His literary fantasy adventures featuring the spies Kuikin and Vertir have appeared in the pages of The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. Rae’s stories have appeared in Weird Tales, Neo-Opsis, and elsewhere. Charles and Rae met on OWW, the Online Writing Workshop for Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror, and married after just three cross-country dates. This is their first co-authored story.