ABOUT
Robert Nazar Arjoyan was born into the Armenian diaspora of Los Angeles. Aside from an arguably ill-advised foray into rock n roll bandery during his late teens, literature and movies were the vying forces of his life. Naz graduated from USC’s School of Cinematic Arts and now works as an author and filmmaker. When he isn’t writing, Naz is likely couchbound with a good book, jamming with his fantastic son, or gutbust laughing with his wife/best friend. Over 45 of his short stories have been published in magazines and anthologies, including Maudlin House, The Deadlands, Pleiades, recent Bram Stoker Award-nominee Silk & Sinew (named Best Horror of 2025 by the NYPL and The Lineup), Ghoulish Tales, Cleaver Magazine, Hobart, Roi Fainéant, JMWW, Gone Lawn, The Hooghly Review, and River Styx. Three of his stories have been nominated for Best of the Net and several of his films have won an armful of awards. Naz is currently at work on his first novel.