Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll... and the UNDEAD!?!NYV: PUNK is a dark and sexy coming-of-age story of adventure, music, and horror set in the harsh 1980s New York Punk scene. (UF / NA) With only his mother for company, rural isolation in East Texas was as boring and bleak a life as Christian could imagine. The most exciting thing to look forward to were monthly visits from the nice old lady who took his mother shopping in town. After being subjected to a bizarre and humiliating birthday ritual, Christian leaves home to think things through, and when the opportunity for adventure presents itself, he jumps at the chance. But being on his own is more terrifying than a sheltered and naïve teenager would ever have dreamed. Miraculously surviving a brutal attack in a bus station restroom, Christian finds himself being hunted across the country by an ancient, bloodthirsty evil, putting him and those he cares for in mortal peril. Homeless and alone, he is befriended by a group of streetwise kids but danger still lurks around every corner.He must quickly learn to navigate the hazards of the gritty streets of New York City if he is going to survive the tough Punk music scene long enough to discover his destiny. Can he survive on the street? Will he find the life of adventure he hoped for? And what the hell does OMFUG mean anyway? Oh… and there’re vampires. KD McQuain is from Manhattan's Lower East Side where he grew up in the burgeoning Hardcore Punk scene. He has been an avid reader of Fantasy and Science Fiction since childhood and always kept a paperback in the cargo pocket of his fatigues. He received a BFA in sculpture and worked in the neon industry for several years before starting an independent record label, Skully Records, which became known for several popular Gothabilly and Rockabilly compilations. He now lives in Virginia with his family and a menagerie of loving, but continuously underfoot animals.