Patricia J. Esposito has been a writer of edgy paranormal fiction for most of her life, but always knew she had a romantic heart. Her most recent fiction and poetry reflect that enduring quest for love and joy beneath the human struggle, most recently in her novel Beside the Darker Shore. She's had numerous stories and poems published in anthologies, such as Apparitions and Lights of Love, and magazines, including Rose and Thorn, Karamu, Not One of Us, Hungur, Sounds of the Night, Midnight Street, Byline, and Clean Sheets. Her fiction has received honorable mentions in "year's best" anthologies, and was nominated for a Pushcart Prize. Long-time married to the "boy-next-door," she has two daughters and works at home as a copy editor, when she's not off exploring the intoxicating realms of the imagination and chasing muses.