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An author discusses
his foray into meta
genre fiction
BY MATIA BURNETT
Readers of the metafictional series Dead in Bed may know the author as Bailey Simms, but, though Simms
is the name on the books, she herself is a
creation of author Adrian Birch—which,
incidentally, is a pen name. The premise
behind the books is that Simms, a teenager,
is stuck in bed with a medical condition;
to pass the time, she begins writing a
series of books about a small town where
residents become ravaged by a sexually
Adrian Birch, aka Bailey Simms
Sex,
Zombies,
and
Psychotropic
Parasites
