Follow me on twitter: @surgeonwriter Edison McDaniels is a writer, wordsmith, novelist living in the American midwest. His writing tends to involve ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances and is often informed by medicine. His stories showcase historical fiction and the supernatural, especially ghosts. He received honorable mention in The Seventeenth Edition of the Year's Best Fantasy and Horror (2003), and has been published in Paradox Magazine, The Summerset Review (available online), The Armchair Aesthete, On The Premises Magazine, and others. Several of his short stories can be found online. He is also a graduate of Stanford University and is a neurosurgeon. He is board certified in the practice of adult and pediatric neurosurgery, with over 7,000 operations to his credit. He and his wife collect historical etchings and attend at least 1-2 baseball games a week between April and October, more if the Minnesota Twins are in town. His novels include NOT ONE AMONG THEM WHOLE, THE BURDEN, and the forth coming THE MATRIARCH OF RUINS. His latest novella, BLADE MAN, is available as an eBook.