JAY EALES is a born again (not that sort of born again) Civil Servant, with comic strips appearing in NEGATIVE BURN, THE MAMMOTH BOOK OF BEST NEW MANGA, VIOLENT!, ZARJAZ, KISSKISS BANGBANG, LOST PROPERTY, BADDIS, THE GIRLY COMIC and the UK DVD of AMERICAN SPLENDOR.

 

His prose has appeared in DRABBLE WHO?, PERFECT TIMING 2, MISSING PIECES and WALKING IN ETERNITY.

 

Journalism has appeared in REDEYE and BORDERLINE.

 

Jay was the News Features Editor for the award-winning comics magazine BORDERLINE, and co-editor of PRISM, the Newsletter of the British Fantasy Society, as well as Publicity Officer for CAPTION, the UK's longest running comic convention. As one half of FACTOR FICTION, he publishes THE GIRLY COMIC and edits VIOLENT! Every November, he writes a novel as part of the NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) challenge. He can be contacted at jay.eales@googlemail.com or at the website http://www.factorfictionpress.co.uk.

 

After years of burning the candle at both ends, Jay is preparing to embark on a pilgrimage to Tibet to study at the feet of the Ancient One, in the hope of unlocking the secret that will allow him to also burn the candle in the middle, in order to get even more done...