Nox Mente

Mario Acevedo is the author of the national bestselling Felix Gomez detective-vampire series, most recently Steampunk Banditos: Sex Slaves of Shark Island, and the YA humor thriller, University of Doom. His debut novel, The Nymphos of Rocky Flats, was chosen by Barnes & Noble as one of the best Paranormal Fantasy Novels of the Decade. His speculative fiction has appeared in numerous anthologies to include: A Fistful of Dinosaurs, Straight Outta Deadwood, Blood Business, Nightmares Unhinged, CyberWorld, and You Don’t Have a Clue. For 2020, he has short fiction in the forthcoming horror anthologies: Psi-Wars and It Came From The Multiplex; and a Western novel, Luther, Wyoming. His work has won an International Latino Book Award and a Colorado Book Award. Prior to becoming a professional writer, Mario was an airborne Ranger, an infantry and aviation officer, an attack helicopter pilot, and a soldier-artist in Operation Desert Storm. In civilian life, he has worked as an engineer and taught art in prison. He