Patrick Thomas is the author of more than 30 books and over 150 short stories. Among his works is the fantasy humor Murphy's Lore series, which includes Tales From Bulfinche's Pub, Fools' Day, Through The Drinking Glass, Shadow Of The Wolf, Redemption Road, Bartender Of The Gods, Nightcaps and Empty Graves - as well as the After Hours spin-offs Startenders, Constellation Prize, Fairy With A Gun, Fairy Rides The Lightning, Dead To Rites, Rites of Passage, and Lore & Dysorder. His Mystic Investigators paranormal mystery series includes Bullets & Brimstone, From The Shadows and Once More Upon A Time. Assassin's Ball is his first mystery, co-written with John French. He co-edited New Blood and Hear Them Roar and was an editor for the magazines Fantastic Stories of the Imagination and Pirate Writings. Patrick's humorous advice column Dear Cthulhu has been running since 2005 and includes the collections Have A Dark Day, Good Advice For Bad People, Cthulhu Knows Best and What Would Cthulhu Do? His short stories have been featured in over fifty anthologies and more than three dozen print magazines. A number of his books were part of the props department of the CSI television show and have been spotted on the program. His urban fantasy Fairy With A Gun was optioned for film and TV by Laurence Fishburne's Cinema Gypsy Productions. Top Men Productions is developing his Soul For Hire Story, Act of Contrition, into a short film. Please drop by www.patthomas.net to learn more.