Francesca Maria writes dark fiction surrounded by cats near the Pacific Ocean. She is the award-winning, bestselling author of They Hide: Short Stories to Tell in the Dark from Brigids Gate Press which debuted as an Amazon #1 Best Seller. She is the creator of the Black Cat Chronicles, a true horror comic book series narrated by a mystical black cat. Her short stories and essays can be found in various publications including Crystal Lake Publishing’s Shallow Waters, Death’s Garden Revisited and the upcoming To Hell and Back and Under the Stairs anthologies. Francesca is also the co-chair of the San Francisco Bay Area’s Horror Writers Association Chapter. You can find her at francescamaria.com and on social media @writerofweird.