Random true facts about Donald J. Bingle:  He was the Keeper of the World’s Largest Kazoo.  He made up the science of Neo-PsychoPhysics for a time travel roleplaying game. He is a member of The International Thriller Writers. He once successfully limboed under a pole only nineteen inches off the ground. He has written short stories about killer bunnies, civil war soldiers, detectives, Renaissance Faire orcs, giant battling robots, demons, cats, werewolves, time travelers, ghosts, time-traveling ghosts, spies, barbarians, a husband accused of murdering his wife, dogs, horses, gamers, soldiers, Neanderthals, commuters, kender, Victorian adventurers, lawyers, and serial killers (note the serial comma). Of those subjects, he has occasional contact in real life only with dogs, cats, gamers, lawyers, and commuters (unless some of those are, unknown to him, really time travelers, ghosts, demons, serial killers, spies, or murder suspects). He prefers gamers to commuters. He prefers dogs to cats. He once received an anonymous lapel pin from the Time Travel Research Association for his contributions to time travel; he promises to get around to making those contributions some day soon. He was once hit by lightning. He was the world’s top-ranked tournament player of classic roleplaying games like Dungeons & Dragons for the last fifteen years of the last century. His is a member of the Horror Writers Association. He was an Eagle Scout. He is a member of the International Association of Media Tie-In Writers. He used to write movie reviews for Knights of the Dinner Table, a comic book about gamers. He is a retired attorney. He has likely attended GenCon for more years than you have been alive. He has written eight books and more than sixty short stories. He has a fascinating website at http://www.donaldjbingle.com.