Franklin Ard's writing encompasses many genres, from science fiction, fantasy, and mystery to magical realism and Southern gothic. His fiction and poetry have appeared in a number of venues, including Nightmare Magazine, Suspense Magazine, Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine, Deep Magic, and others. He is a graduate of Clarion West Writers Workshop and the University of Southern Maine's Stonecoast MFA program, and he currently teaches writing at the University of South Alabama. He and his wife, Stephanie, reside on the Gulf Coast.