About the Author

JACK MURNIGHAN received a Ph.D. in literature from Duke University in 1999 while editor-in-chief of Nerve.com, the website that pioneered “literary smut.” At Nerve he coedited (with Genevieve Field) the short story collection Full Frontal Fiction (Three Rivers Press, 2000). He now writes essays and fiction full-time. His stories have been chosen for The Best American Erotica in 1999, 2000, and 2001.