ROB PAYNE is the author of Live by Request and Working Class Zero . The former editor of Quarry magazine, he has edited two anthologies of Canadian short fiction, Carrying the Fire and Pop Goes the Story . His writing has appeared in such publications as Canadian Fiction magazine, Zygote and Front & Centre . He has also written for the sketch comedy troupe What's On Tap? Rob Payne has lived in Ottawa, Yokohama and Perth, and recently returned to Toronto.