SCOTTO MOORE is a Seattle playwright whose works include the black comedy H. P. Lovecraft: Stand-up Comedian!; the sci-fi adventures Duel of the Linguist Mages, which inspired this novel, and interlace [falling star]; the gamer-centric romantic comedy Balconies; and the a cappella sci-fi musical, Silhouette. He is the creator of The Coffee Table, a comedic web series about a couple that discovers their new coffee table is an ancient alien artifact that sends their house shooting through the void. Moore is also behind the popular Lovecraft-themed meme generator Things That Cannot Save You (“a catalog of your doom”), which spawned his novella, Your Favorite Band Cannot Save You. You can sign up for email updates here.