T.J. Tranchell was born on Halloween in Long Beach, California, and grew up in Utah. He has been a haunted house monster, a fast food minion, a grocery store janitor, a journalist, and now teaches at Washington State University Tri-Cities. He’s published six books, including Cry Down Dark,which represented Utah on The New York Times “50 States, 50 Scares” list. He holds a Master of Arts and a Master of Fine Arts, which isn’t too bad for a high school dropout. His wife, teen son, and four cats never laugh at his dad jokes.
On the beach, the rough sand between his toes, the boy thought he heard someone whisper from behind. Had a villager walked out to meet him, he would have heard first their legs parting the long reeds, then their feet…
