Mike Chinn lives in Birmingham, UK, with his wife Caroline and their tribe of guinea pigs. In 2012 he took early retirement so he can spend more time writing (and not housework). Over the years he has published over sixty short stories, as well as editing three volumes of THE ALCHEMY PRESS BOOK OF PULP HEROES, and SWORDS AGAINST THE MILLENNIUM, also for The Alchemy Press. His own contribution to the Pulp Adventure genre, THE PALADIN MANDATES garnered two nominations for the British Fantasy Award in 1999. A second Damian Paladin book, WALKERS IN SHADOW, is to be published by Pro Se Productions; as is a Western: REVENGE IS A COLD PISTOL. In 2015, his Sherlock Holmes steampunk mash-up, VALLIS TIMORIS (Fringeworks), sent the famous detective to the Moon.Radix Omnium Malum and Other Incursions includes the following stories: Radix Omnium Malum originally published in THE GRIMORIUM VERUM ©2015 Two Weeks Saturday originally published in DARK HORIZONS 23 ©2004 Kittens originally published in READ RAW ©2009 Blood of Eden originally published in THE MAMMOTH BOOK OF DRACULA ©1997 Suffer a Witch originally published in SALVO 7 ©2003 Cheechee’s Out originally published in SECOND CITY SCARES ©2013 The Owl that Calls originally published on WikiWorm ©2013 The Pygmalion Conjuration originally published in THE TENTH BLACK BOOK OF HORROR ©2013 To Die For originally published in BFS JOURNAL 10 ©2014 Sons of the Dragon originally published in kZINE 1 ©2011 Only the Lonely originally published in DARK VALENTINE 4 ©2011 Rescheduled originally published in FINAL SHADOWS ©1991 Considering the Dead originally published in DARK MUSES, SPOKEN SILENCES ©2013 Wednesday Morning at Five O'Clock originally published in PHOBOPHOBIAS ©2014 The Streets of Crazy Cities and The Mercy Seat are original to this collection. ©2017