Christopher Stires lives in Riverside, California, with his wife, Annie, and daughter, Katie. His web page is: http://www.authorsden.com/visit/author.asp?AuthorID=5886

His first novel, The Inheritance, is a horror tale set in Southern California and on a small island off the coast of North Carolina. The Inheritance won the 2003 Dream Realm Award for Horror at the SF Literary Convention (ArmadilloCon 26) in Austin TX.

"Chris Stires demonstrates remarkable range...in turn macabre, suspenseful, and surprising—and always enjoyable."
--Raymond Obstfeld, author of The Warlord, Masked Dog, and The Remington Factor

"In The Inheritance, Chris Stires has created a story that not only resonates with tons of thematic integrity but keeps you turning pages long after you say you're going to put the book down and go to bed."
--Mark Sevi, screenwriter of Arachnid, Force on Force, and Serial Killer

"Readers who like tough-guy, action-centered novels...will love The Inheritance."
--Jack Crane, SFReader.com

The Inheritance, is currently available in eBook format at The Fiction Works (http://www.fictionworks.com) and will soon will available in trade paperback from Zumaya Publications (http://www.zumayapublications.com).

Christopher has had over forty-five short stories accepted by publications such as Fangoria, Fantastic: Stories of the Imagination, The Edge: Tales of Suspense, Vestal Review, Elysian Fiction, Outer Darkness, Hardboiled, Whispers from the Shattered Forum, Redsine (Australia), DarkMoon (UK), Lynx Eye, Burning Sky: Adventures in Science Fiction Terror, Of Unicorns & Space Stations, GC Magazine, The Steel Caves (UK), Story House, and others.

He has also had several erotic stories published under his pseudonym, A.M. Norman.

Soon he will have stories appearing in Darkness Rising 7, The Best of Pirate Writings II, Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine (Australia), Crux, Underworlds, Science Fiction Magazine (Belgium), Dramatourges of the Yann (Greece), and others.

Christopher Stires Short Story Guide