As an instructor at Colby-Sawyer College in New London, NH, I teach academic writing to the first year students every fall semester. One of the most valuable lessons I wish to impart on them is the importance of giving due credit when borrowing from the work of others. With this in mind, I present to you the first of many posts in which I will do the same, sharing my sources of inspiration when it comes to my own fiction.   Leading off…   Brian Keene!   It is only fitting that we begin with