David Tallerman is the author of the comic fantasy novels Giant Thief, Crown Thief and Prince Thief, as well as the Tor.com novella Patchwerk and the absurdist steampunk graphic novel Endangered Weapon B: Mechanimal Science. David's short science fiction, fantasy and horror has appeared in over fifty markets, including Clarkesworld, Lightspeed, Bull Spec and Beneath Ceaseless Skies. He can be found online at davidtallerman.co.uk and davidtallerman.blogspot.com.