ROB PAYNE is the author of Live By Request and Working Class Zero. The former editor of Quarry magazine, he has edited two anthologies of Canadian short fiction, Carrying the Fire and Pop Goes the Story. His writing has appeared in such publications as Canadian Fiction magazine, Zygote and Front & Centre. He has also written for the sketch comedy troupe What's On Tap?  Rob Payne has lived in Ottawa, Yokohama and Perth, and recently returned to Toronto.