Mercedes M. Yardley is a Bram Stoker Award(R)-winning dark fantasist who wears poisonous flowers in her hair. She is the author of Beautiful Sorrows, the Stabby Award-winning Apocalyptic Montessaand Nuclear Lulu: A Tale of Atomic Love, Pretty Little Dead Girls, and Detritus in Love. She won the prestigious Bram Stoker Award(R) for her novella Little Dead Red and was a Bram Stoker Award(R) nominee for her short story "Loving You Darkly." Mercedes lives and creates in Las Vegas. www.MercedesMYardley.com