Clark Hays

I'm a writer, lapsed poet and former cowboy living in Portland, Oregon, with my lovely life and writing partner Kathleen McFall. We've written two books together so far: The Cowboy and the Vampire and Blood and Whiskey.

My solo projects include poetry published in a variety of probably defunct journals (I've got hard copies though, so I can prove it) and short fiction including ʺPocket Wolvesʺ (Opium magazine), which was nominated for a Pushcart Prize in 2010. Red Winter, a novella about cowboys and vampires (big surprise there!) set in the old West, is currently available as an eBook thanks to Pumpjack Press.

I grew up on a ranch in Montana and spent my formative years branding cattle, riding horses, shooting guns and writing. I currently work in corporate communications, which is a far cry from riding the range, but there is a lot of wrangling and even more cursing involved.