Marc L. Abbott is a writer and storyteller. He curates a monthly storytelling open mic show called Maaan, You’ve Got To Hear This!Abbott self-published his first book, "A Gamble of Faith," which was a novelization of his play by the same name, in 2004. His second book, the YA novel "The Hooky Party," was published in 2007. He switched to writing horror fiction in 2013, and his work has been published in the anthologies "New York State of Fright" and “Hell’s Heart."