Tom Mock is a North Carolina based fantasy and horror author. He received an English degree from East Carolina University, where he was selected as an outstanding undergraduate creative writer, and a Masters in English from North Carolina State University.<br><br>His debut urban fantasy novel The Long Nights is a SPFBO8 Semi-Finalist and won the 2021 Indies Today Awards: Runner-up in Horror, and his short fiction has been selected as a finalist in the Press 53 awards and nominated for a Pushcart Prize. He writes about outsiders and ghosts and magic.<br><br>He loves dogs and cats, and is forever helping his parents with their small horse farm.
