Kurt Newton grew up in a small town in rural Connecticut. He began writing for publication at the age of thirty-three, and since then has had over 400 poems and 250 short stories published in a wide variety of magazines, anthologies, and webzines in the U.S., Canada, England, and Australia. To date, Kurt has received sixteen honorable mentions from the editors of The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror for his fiction and poetry. He is also a three-time Rhysling Award nominee for his poetry. He is the author of the novels The Wishnik and Powerlines.