J.D. Graves is an award winning film producer, author/playwright from East Texas. J.D.' s stage-work has appeared at the New York International Fringe Festival, Manhattan Rep Theatre, Hollins Playwright' s Lab, and Austin' s own FronteraFest, to name a few. His short fiction can be read in: Black Mask, Mystery Weekly, Mickey Finn Vol. 2, Tough, Rock and a Hard Place, Switchblade, Santa Cruz Weird, Pulp Modern: Tech Noir, and others. His cheap thrills shorts: The Sweetheart Sour, Just Another Job That Doesn' t Pay Very Well, and Her Coffin' s Colder Than The Mink Glove, are out now. He has served as the founder and Editor-in-Chief of neo-pulp rag EconoClash Review, an imprint of Down and Out Books. J.D.' s short film productions have received laurels from numerous film festivals across the country. J.D. currently lives deep in the woods with his wife and kids.