Pete Butler is a Pittsburgh-based writer who spends entirely too much time wondering what really bad ideas other creative types have had that they know better than to tell anybody about. His work has been published in Cicada and Horror Garage, and is slated to appear in upcoming issues of Escape Pod and Black Gate. He lives with his wife Melissa and their dog Katie, who thinks the Ark should have been filled with small dogs. Pete’s website is at http://blairhippo.com/, and he can be reached at pete@blairhippo.com.

Catch his online science-fiction serial, “One Giant Leap,” at http://blairhippo.com/leap.