Xan West is the nom de plume of Corey Alexander, a recent transplant to Oakland from Brooklyn, who has been doing community kink education for over ten years. Xan's kinky queer smut, which primarily centers trans* and genderqueer characters, has been published in over 35 erotica anthologies. Xan's story "First Time Since", won honorable mention for the 2008 National Leather Association John Preston Short Fiction Award. Xan's work has been described by reviewers as "offering the erotica equivalent of happy ever after", and "some of the best transgressive erotic fiction to come along in recent years". Find out more at xanwest dot wordpress dot com.