Clay Gilbert says he’s always liked stories, and that from the time he knew there were people who told them for a living, that’s what he wanted to do. Clay’s work in various genres has been in print since his first short science fiction story, “The Computer Conspiracy,” was published in Scholastic magazine when he was just thirteen. His twelfth novel, the dystopian SF adventure Islands of Light, was published in 2020 by Dark Moon Press. He lives and works in Knoxville, TN.