Laurence Bush is a reclusive horror critic and computer geek who hides out in California. Addicted to H.P. Lovecraft at an early age, he became unsuitable for normal social relations. His sole contact with the human race has been writing book reviews and articles for Necrofile, The Scream Factory, Grimoire, The Romantist, Nyctalops and other zines too horrible to mention. Obsessed with Japan, he has recently published the Asian Horror Encyclopedia, which appears destined to be, if nothing else, a rare book. In his spare time, he likes to stare at the Pacific Ocean, watching for the Deep Ones.