Carmelo Rafala's stories have appeared in the British anthology, The West Pier Gazette and Other Stories, edited by Paul Brazier (formerly of Interzone) for Three Legged Fox Press, as well as Neon Literary Journal, Estronomicon, Atomjack, Jupiter, Forgotten Worlds and others. His story, 'Mother Tongue', became a podcast for the award-winning company Variant Frequencies and was the fourth most popular download. An American by birth, he currently lives on the south coast of England with his wife and daughter.