Colton Merris is an award-winning fictionist and an award-losing member of society. He is the winner of the Chuck Palahniuk writing contest in 2023, and his work has appeared in Buckman Journal, the Coachella Review, the Clackamas Literary Review, and others.

Oh yeah, he has done professional stuff too; he’s written scripts and pitched ideas for brands like Visa, Samsung, Hinge, and MLB. He has also written on the backs of some Dark Horse Comics books, including Stranger Things: Zombie Boys, and Cyberpunk 2077: Trauma Unit.

Based in Portland, Oregon. Colton is available to give language to your ideas, or at least sell out his own.