Eric Leif Davin, Ph.D., teaches labor history and popular culture at the University of Pittsburgh. He is the winner of the Eugene V. Debs Foundation Literature Prize for his essay, "The Very Last Hurrah: The Defeat of the Labor Party Idea, 1934-1936." He is the author of "Crucible of Freedom: Workers' Democracy in the Industrial Heartland" and "Radicals in Power: The New Left Experience in Office." His essay on the Great Uprising of 1877 can be found in the Wylie-Blackwell reference text, "A Companion to Reconstruction Era Presidents." He is a contributor to many history books. ---- He is also a fiction writer. His story, "Icarus at Noon," in the May, 2014 issue of Galaxy's Edge magazine, was reprinted in a 2014 anthology, "The Best of Galaxy's Edge," and the 2015 Baen Books "Year's Best Military SF and Space Opera". Story, "Twilight on Olympus," in Galaxy's Edge, Mar.-Apr., 2015, reprinted in Baen Books anthology, "Year's Best Military and Adventure Science Fiction," 2016. His debut novel, "The Desperate and the Dead," appeared in 2014. It can be found on Lulu.com by title. The sequel, "The Scarlet Queen," appeared in 2016. He can be reached at ericdavin@hotmail.com or eric.leif.davin@gmail.com. Visit his web site at: http://ericleifdavin.vpweb.com/ or follow him on Twitter @Eric_Leif_Davin.