A. W. Gifford is an internationally unknown author who gets many of his story ideas from the nightmares of his wife, Jennifer.  She too is an author of dark fiction, but she refuses to write her own nightmares as she fears doing so will make them come true.  Story ideas also come to A.W. from his dogs, the dust bunnies under the bed and one very helpful garden gnome.

He is an editor at Bête Noire Magazine and Dark Opus Press and his work has appeared in numerous magazines, anthologies and was once spotted stalking the woods of the Pacific Northwest.

A. W. on the other hand, can be found stalking the woods in the northern suburbs of Detroit, while his wife and daughter huddle in the warmth of the house with their two dogs, and the aforementioned dust bunnies.