Nathan Shumate is a Utah author, small-press publisher, assemblage artist and dilettante (although he prefers the term "Renaissance Man"). He has written (and gotten paid for) comic books, screenplays, and various forms of fiction and non-fiction. His short stories have appeared in the magazine AMAZING STORIES, the anthology MONSTERS & MORMONS, and other venues. He is the publisher and instigator of the Lovecraftian pulp space opera SPACE ELDRITCH anthologies, and cartoons at CheapCaffeine.net. His most recent book is THE LAST CHRISTMAS GIFT: A HEARTWARMING HOLIDAY STORY OF THE LIVING DEAD, to be released Summer 2015. He also unleashed LousyBookCovers.com onto the world, and consults with self-publishing authors at CoverCritics.com about effective indie book cover design.