Paul Silverman’s stories have appeared in the South Dakota Review, Tampa Review, Minnetonka Review, SmokeLong Quarterly, Word Riot, Konundrum Engine Literary Review, The King’s English, and Eureka Literary Magazine, among others. He was a Spotlight Author in Eclectica, which nominated his story "The Home Front" for Best of the Net. He spent many years as creative chief of the Mullen agency, and one of his advertising campaigns won both Gold and Silver Lion awards at the Cannes Film Festival. Silverman died in August 2009.