He is also the author of the hardcore zombie novella Dead Juju. His short fiction of horror and dark fantasy appears in various venues, online and in print. He lives near Atlanta. Gregory L. Norris grew up on a healthy diet of TV science fiction and creature double-features. One of the later that terrified him the most was the insanely creepy Japanese import, Attack of the Mushroom People. Norris, a former feature writer at Sci Fi, the official magazine of the Sci Fi Channel, and author of the forthcoming fiction collection, The Fierce and Unforgiving Muse: A Baker's Dozen From the Terrifying Mind of Gregory L. Norris (Evil Jester Press, 2011), penned “The Mushrooms” as both an homage to that film, and a commentary on the insane and often dangerous lengths that jealousy can spawn among creative souls. Visit him on Face-book or at www.gregorylnorris.blogspot.com. Ryan C. Thomas is the author of the novels The Summer I Died, Born To Bleed, Ratings Game, and Hissers as well as the mashup, The Undead World of Oz.
