Patrick Thomas writes the beloved fantasy humor series Murphy’s Lore, which includes Tales From Bulfinche’s Pub, Fools’ Day, Through The Drinking Glass, Shadow Of The Wolf, Redemption Road, Bartender Of The Gods, Nightcaps and Empty Graves — as well as the After Hours spin offs Startenders, Fairy With A Gun, Fairy Rides The Lightning, Dead To Rites, Rites of Passage, and Lore & Dysorder and two more - Statenders and Constellation Prize - in the Startenders series. His Mystic Investigators paranormal mystery series includes Bullets & Brimstone, From The Shadows (both with John French), and Once More Upon A Time (with Diane Raetz). Assassin's Ball is his first mystery, co-written with John French. He co-edited New Blood and Hear Them Roar and was an editor for the magazines Fantastic Stories of the Imagination and Pirate Writings. Patrick’s humorous advice column Dear Cthulhu includes the collections Have A Dark Day, Good Advice For Bad People, Cthulhu Knows Best and What Would Cthulhu Do? He wrote the graphic novel Case of the Moon Maniac as well as the steampunk themed As The Gears Turn. His short stories have been featured in over fifty anthologies and more than three dozen print magazines. A number of his books were part of the props department of the CSI television show and one was even thrown at a suspect. Fairy With A Gun was optioned by Laurence Fishburne’s Cinema Gypsy Productions. Act of Contrition, a story featuring his Soul For Hire hitman is in development for a short film by Top Men Productions. Drop by www.patthomas.net to learn more.Read more about this authorRead less about this author