ELWIN COTMAN IS A STORYTELLER FROM PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA. HE IS THE AUTHOR OF TWO COLLECTIONS OF SPECULATIVE SHORT STORIES, THE JACK DANIELS SESSIONS EP AND HARD TIMES BLUES.
Cotman has toured across North America doing readings. His work has appeared in Grist, Weird Fiction Review, Black Gate, The Thought Erotic, The Southwestern Review, and Cabinet des Fees, among others (see publications). He was a participant in the 2012 Low Lives Performance Festival. In 2009, Cotman was a core member of the Cyberpunk Apocalypse Writers Cooperative, a DIY writers space in Pittsburgh. He has curated many readings and reading series. His third collection, Dance on Saturday, will be published in summer 2020 by Small Beer Press.
Cotman holds a BA from the University of Pittsburgh and a MFA from Mills College.