Miroslav Šustek (born 1947) was a Slovak horror and ghost story writer.

Despite his forty years of prolific writing,[1] his debut short story collection, Nie ste vy náhodou ten chýrny pán Rafin?

[1] Having become partially disabled at a young age, Šustek devoted his life to writing, his stories initially heavily influenced by classics of the macabre, horror and ghost story genres, later adding elements of humour and parody to the mix.

[2] Despite having written more than a thousand short stories in more than forty years of continuous writing,[1] none of them were published until 2000, when Šustek met the future publishers of the Hlboký hrob online horror magazine.

Two of his stories published in Hlboký hrob were later included in the Neželané dedičstvo po neobľúbenom strýkovi (An Unwanted Inheritance Left By An Unpopular Uncle) anthology in 2006.