Samuel Martin is the author of the story collection This Ramshackle Tabernacle (2010) and the novel A Blessed Snarl (2012. He was Fogo Island Arts’ inaugural Writer in Residence and his work has won a ScreenCraft Cinematic Short Story Award for “Syringe-fed Ferrets,” been shortlisted for the BMO Winterset, and nominated for the International Dublin IMPAC Award. A high school English teacher and former tenured professor, he lives with his wife and four children and can be found on Twitter @DarkArtCafe or through his website at samuelmartinauthor.com.