Washington Irving (1783-1859) was a New York author considered to be the Father of the American Short Story. "If the tales I have furnished should prove to be bad," he commented on the form, "they will at least be found short." He is best known for the stories "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and "Rip Van Winkle."

Alex Wilson is a writer and stage/film actor from northern Ohio and now based in Carrboro, North Carolina. He starred in the North American Premiere of Richard Taylor's musical Whistle Down the Wind and recently filmed The Third Cord with Emmy-nominated director Jack Lucido. His animated comics-parody film All's Fair in Love and Police Actions was recently selected as an iFilm Pick. He is the founder of Telltale Weekly and Spoken Alexandria. See his website for more. [new windows, all].