Pete Kahle has been dreaming about writing novels since his teens, but after flirting with the idea in college, he spent 25 years working in a variety of careers before he finally stopped talking about it and started writing.He has lived in New York, Arizona and Spain, but now he resides in Massachusetts with his beautiful wife Noemi, his two amazing children Zoe and Eli, one dog, two hamsters, two guinea pigs and two frogs.Pete is a voracious reader of horror, thrillers and science fiction novels and he writes in the same vein. He is also an insane fan of the New York Jets, despite living deep in the heart of enemy territory near Gillette Stadium.THE SPECIMEN is his first novel, but it certainly will not be his last. In 2015, Pete founded Bloodshot Books, a small press dedicated to cross-genre fiction that mixes the best of horror, science fiction, mystery and thrillers. In October, the first anthology: NOT YOUR AVERAGE MONSTER: A BESTIARY OF HORRORS was unleashed and set loose. Volume 2 comes out in February of 2016. Many more titles are coming.He is currently working on BLOOD MOTHER, a stand-alone vampiric novel - without vampires - due out in the spring of 2016. On the horizon is THE ABOMINATION, Book 2 in the Riders Saga, and most likely a 3rd book in the series with the tentative title of THE HORSEMEN.Now that the dark closet in his subconscious has been opened, the monsters are clamoring to come out for a visit.