Chris F. Holm’s work has appeared in a number of magazines and anthologies, including Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, Needle: A Magazine of Noir, and THE BEST AMERICAN MYSTERY STORIES 2011. His critically acclaimed Collector trilogy blends fantasy with old-fashioned crime pulp, and his forthcoming thriller THE KILLING KIND is about a man who makes his living hitting hitmen, only to wind up a target himself. Chris lives in Portland, Maine.