Classic Trekker, Bad Movie Connoisseur, Amateur Cryptozoologist, MST3K Fan, Author, Game Designer, Village Resident #42, Ripperologist, Dad. An avid reader since the age of 7, he read the Classics of Science Fiction and Horror with growing fascination. Among his favorites are H. P. Lovecraft, H. G. Wells, Robert E. Howard and Richard Matheson. In college, Tom wrote his first serious short story, ""Night of Fate,"" which featured John Pentgram, an Anomalist who gets bitten by a werewolf. Since then, he has written several dozen short stories and six novels.