Randal Schaffer was born in Rural Arkansas, has lived in Alaska, Washington State, Missouri, Connecticut and is, for the moment, back in rural Arkansas where he lives with his part...view moreRandal Schaffer was born in Rural Arkansas, has lived in Alaska, Washington State, Missouri, Connecticut and is, for the moment, back in rural Arkansas where he lives with his partner, Cherise, four dogs and two cats. From the first film that he remembers watching as a child, The Pit and the Pendulum with Vincent Price, he has had a lifelong love of the horror genre, and is the author of the Mini Horror Fiction Writing Guide, where he outlines the most important points of writing horror fiction.view less