David L. Carter holds degrees in Theology, English Literature, and Library Science. He lives in North Carolina, and has published short fiction and poetry in Cities and Roads and The Journal of Pastoral Care and Counseling. He is the  author of the acclaimed novels 'Familiar,' "Lustration Rites,' "From the Edge of the World,' 'The Dead Man;' and his latest novel 'The Rat Reverend Clancy and the Seven Sacraments' was released by Apocryphile Press in June, 2021.