Kevin Sampsell has been the publisher of Future Tense Books since 1990. His writing has appeared in numerous journals and web sites such as Smith Magazine, McSweeney’s, Night Train, Opium, Nerve, and Failbetter. His books include Beautiful Blemish and Creamy Bullets and the upcoming memoir, A Common Pornography (January 19th, HarperPerennial). He works as Small Press Champion (his actual title) for Powell’s Books in Portland, Oregon.