About the Author

J. W. Ocker is the Edgar Award-winning author of Poe-Land. He runs the Web site Odd Things I've Seen, where he chronicles his visits to various oddities of culture, art, and history. His writings have been featured in Rue Morgue magazine, CNN.com, American Exorcist: Critical Essays on William Peter Blatty, and Studies in Australian Weird Fiction. Ocker lives in Nashua, NH.