Karen Best received her BA and MFA from the University of Central Florida. Early exposure to the paranormal, mythology, fairy tales and Edgar Allen Poe has left her with an abiding interest in dark stories. Her work has appeared in Our Stories and Filament Magazine. Karen has worked as a leather shop girl, bookseller, librarian and writing instructor. She can usually be seen dressed entirely in black. Karen blogs on Gothic aesthetics at lashesandstars.wordpress.com and tweets at @Karen_Best. Her Website is karendbest.com.
She lives in Florida with her husband and cats.