Ray Nayler has published poetry in the Beloit Poetry Journal, Weave, Juked, Able Muse, Phantom Limb, Sentence, and many other magazines. His novel American Graveyards was published in the UK by Third Alternative Press. His cross-genre short stories have been published in Asimov's, Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine and the Berkeley Fiction Review, among others, and have twice been mentioned in Best American Mystery Stories annual collections. He is a Cultural Affairs Officer with the Department of State, currently posted to Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. You can follow him and find links to his published work at raynayler.net .