Ann K. Schwader has been a dark presence in the small press and professional genre press since the mid 1980s. A recipient of the Academy of American Poets Award at the University of Wyoming in 1984, Ms. Schwader is also a multiple Rhysling Award (Science Fiction Poetry Association) nominee.

Her poetry and fiction have appeared in Chaosium's The Nyarlathotep Cycle, The Innsmouth Cycle and Tales Out of Innsmouth, and have received several Honorable Mentions in Year's Best Fantasy & Horror. Ms. Schwader is a regular contributor to Weird Tales, the Lovecraftian favorite Crypt of Cthulhu, and many other publications, including Dreams of Decadence, Tales of the Unanticipated, and Talebones. 'The Darker Side', a collection of short stories edited by John Pelan (a 2001 release from Penguin/ROC) will also include fiction by Ms. Schwader.

'The Worms Remember' will immerse the reader in Ms. Schwader's darkly fanciful vision from the opening line of the title poem to the final period at the close of the book. Her distinctive storytelling style overlays Lovecraft's classic images with the stuff of myth and legend. Though 'The Worms Remember' is Ms. Schwader's first solo collection, she was one of three poets anthologized in 'The Weird Sonneteers' (Anamnesis Press, 2000) -- where her "Pages from a Paperback Imagination" prove her to be a master of the sonnet form. It is a talent which lends itself well to her diverse themes of horror and dark fantasy.

She lives and writes in Westminster, Colorado with her husband and one Pembroke Welsh Corgi.