Neil V. Young is a science fiction, fantasy and horror writer with many honorable and silver honorable mentions and a placed Finalist in the annual Writers of the Future Contest. His work has appeared in dozens of magazines and websites, including Challenge Magazine and 69 Flavors of Paranoia. He lives in Fountain Valley, California. He has served as a contributing editor for several Long Beach and Los Angeles-based writers groups, as well as the Vice President of Programming for the Southern California Writers Association. He currently works as a technical writer for internationally-leading dental implant company.