Ashford, Zachary: - Zachary Ashford is an Australian author, educator, and speaker. His dystopian horror novella When the Cicadas Stop Singing was nominated for the Aurealis Award. His other works include the Sole Survivor books, Autotomy Cocktail, and Encampment by the Gorge & Blood Memory. His short fiction has been published by various presses. His love of Ozploitation creature features has seen him called 'a master of bush horror'. When he's not writing stories about the human condition while surrounded by action figures and monstrous memorabilia, he's listening to death metal, hanging with his amazing wife, chilling with his son, or playing with his cat.