Timothy Deal is a writer and the editor and publisher of Shroud Publishing LLC, a NH publisher of dark speculative fiction. He teaches creative writing and liberal arts at two universities. In 2007, Tim launched Shroud Magazine, the Journal of Dark Fiction and Art (a Black Quill nominee), which in 2008 was selected by Ingram Periodicals for North American retail distribution through the Barnes & Noble retail chain.He has edited three anthologies, two of which were simultaneously recommended for Bram Stoker Awards from the Horror Writers' Association with BENEATH THE SURFACE ultimately garnering the nomination.Prior to his career in writing and publishing, Tim was a police officer, paratrooper, and Army counterintelligence agent.