Erik Grove is a writer, long distance runner, workshop runner, writing teacher, and small to medium sized dog wrangler living and doing things in Portland, OR. He is represented by Joshua Bilmes at the JABberwocky Literary Agency.

He has been an assistant teacher for the Bad Dream Factory, a long-running writing workshop offered by Chuck Palahniuk and Chelsea Cain where he was anointed a certified teacher (crown with stars included!). He is a graduate of Viable Paradise and an active member of Willamette Writers, SFWA, and the HWA.

You can find Erik’s fiction in places like ESCAPE POD, NIGHTMARE, multiple volumes of the SPACE COCAINE anthology series, Buckman Journal, the Zombies Need Brains NOIR anthology, and more! Follow him on Bluesky or on Instagram for dog glamour shots and sundry musings. Erik also runs the PDX Write Week newsletter that collects and distributes all writing related events in the Portland, OR area.

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