Marcus Damanda lives in Woodbridge, Virginia, where he’s been writing stories since
the age of nine. At various times throughout his life, he played bass guitar for the garage heavy metal band Mother’s Day, wrote for The Dale City Messenger, and published editorials in The Potomac News and The Freelance Star. After teaching middle school for thirty years, he now works on the editorial staff of The NoSleep Podcast, which has produced over 80 of his short stories to date.
Books by the author include The Devil in Miss Drake’s Class trilogy: Devils in the Dark, A Devil in Daylight, and The Devil at Play, along with The Salvation State and its sequels Absolution Island and Revelation Way. Standalone books include Dearest
Summer and his NoSleep Podcast collections Standard Deviations, Impressions of
Death, Hide the Knives, and Murdered Darlings. Earlier works include The Forever
Show and Teeth: The Forever Show Book II—for all the vampire fans out there.