Chad Schimke’s newest novel ‘Secrets’ is available now through Torquere Press. He has read at San Francisco’s Litcrawl--part of the Litquake Festival--for the past three years: 2014, 2015 and 2016. His short stories have appeared twice in 2014, in Psychopomp special anthology issues via Artifice Comics, with 'Hallowseve' appearing in the Halloween issue and 'Midwinter' appearing in the Christmas issue. His article, ‘Writer’s Survival Guide to Living in San Francisco’, was featured in the ‘Artist Survival Guide’ chapbook via Adobe Books in 2014. He is the founding member of the Alabama Street Writer's Group, which has been meeting since 2012. Prior to that he self-published three works of fiction, also in 2012. He holds a total of three advanced degrees from the College of Santa Fe and San Francisco State University. He has a large social media following on Twitter and Blogger; including radio interviews, appearances and guest blogging. You can often find him at a gallery opening in the San Francisco art scene. Coming soon: He is currently working on a short story collection tentatively entitled 'Horrordays'.