Lisa Morton is a screenwriter, author of non-fiction books, award-winning prose writer, and Halloween expert whose work was described by the American Library Association's READERS' ADVISORY GUIDE TO HORROR as "consistently dark, unsettling, and frightening". She began her career in Hollywood, co-writing the cult favorite MEET THE HOLLOWHEADS (on which she also served as Associate Producer), but soon made a successful transition into writing short works of horror. After appearing in dozens of anthologies and magazines, including THE MAMMOTH BOOK OF DRACULA, DARK DELICACIES, THE MUSEUM OF HORRORS, and CEMETERY DANCE Magazine, in 2010 her first novel, THE CASTLE OF LOS ANGELES, was published to critical acclaim, appearing on numerous "Best of the Year" lists. Her book THE HALLOWEEN ENCYCLOPEDIA (now in an expanded second edition) was described by REFERENCE & RESEARCH BOOK NEWS as "the most complete reference to the holiday available," and Lisa has been interviewed on The History Channel and in THE WALL STREET JOURNAL as a Halloween authority. She is a six-time winner of the Bram Stoker Award®, a recipient of the Black Quill Award, and winner of the 2012 Grand Prize from the Halloween Book Festival. A lifelong Californian, she lives in North Hills, California, and can be found online at www.lisamorton.com.

Michael Arnzen (http://gorelets.com) is an award-winning author of horror and dark suspense fiction, a poet, and an English professor. His trophy case includes four Bram Stoker Awards and an International Horror Guild Award for his often funny, always disturbing stories. The best of these appear in the Bram Stoker Award-winning career-length retrospective, Proverbs for Monsters, which Dread Central called "a guided tour of insanity and the macabre, with a few moments of touching grace combined with repulsive terror...[which] serves to document the evolution of a great writer."

Arnzen holds a PhD in English from the University of Oregon (where he researched his non-fiction book, The Popular Uncanny) and he is presently a Professor at Seton Hill University, where he teaches horror and suspense fiction in the country's only graduate program in Writing Popular Fiction (http://fiction.setonhill.edu).

Arnzen resides near Pittsburgh, PA.

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"In a little over a decade, Michael A. Arnzen has achieved what few writers manage in a lifetime. He has become the master of a brand of literature that is uniquely his own, and I do not doubt that his approach to horror will soon (if it has not already) be referred to as 'Arnzenian.' When you begin an Arnzen story, you embark on a journey where the old maps do not apply. Soon you find yourself deep in new territory, barreling through landscapes more fascinating and twisted than any previously encountered. Be assured, you will be amazed, startled, amused, and creeped out along the way, but whatever the road has in store, you will not be able to stop reading until the story ends. Horrifying, captivating, ironic -- Arnzenian! -- the works of Michael A. Arnzen are in a class all their own. Fasten your seat belts and enjoy the ride!" -- Lawrence C. Connolly, author of Veins

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Tim Curran lives in Michigan and is the author of the novels Skin Medicine, Hive, Dead Sea, and Skull Moon. Upcoming projects include the novels Resurrection, The Devil Next Door, and Hive 2, as well as The Corpse King, a novella from Cemetery Dance, and Four Rode Out, a collection of four weird-western novellas by Curran, Tim Lebbon, Brian Keene, and Steve Vernon. His short stories have appeared in such magazines as City Slab, Flesh&Blood, Book of Dark Wisdom, and Inhuman, as well as anthologies such as Flesh Feast, Shivers IV, High Seas Cthulhu, and, Vile Things. Find him on the web at:

www.corpseking.com

Ty Schwamberger is an award-winning author & editor in the horror genre. He is the author of a novel, multiple novellas, collections and editor on several anthologies. In addition, he’s had many short stories published online and in print. Two stories, “Cake Batter” (released in 2010) and “House Call” (initially released in June 2013, then picked up for worldwide distribution in 2020) have been adapted into film. He is currently working with several other filmmakers for additional film options. He is an Active Member of the International Thriller Writers. Learn more at http://tyschwamberger.

John R. Little is an award-winning author of suspense, dark fantasy, and horror.

He currently lives in Ayr, a small town near Kitchener, Canada, and is always at work on his next book. John has published 25 books to date, and most of them are available here. He hopes you enjoy his work.

Weston Kincade writes character-driven fantasy, paranormal, and horror novels that stretch the boundaries of imagination, and often genres. His current series include the A Life of Death trilogy and the Priors. Weston's thrilling short stories have been published in Alucard Press' "50 Shades of Slay," Kevin J. Kennedy's bestselling "Christmas Horror" and "Easter Horror," and other suspenseful anthologies. He is a member of the Horror Writers Association (HWA) and helps invest in future writers while teaching. In his spare time Weston enjoys spending time with his wife and friends.

What people are saying about Weston Kincade's A Life of Death Trilogy:

“Full of emotion and angst, and some wonderful imagery, you will feel this story as you read it.”

~ Mark Matthews, author of Milk-Blood

“Character driven and suspenseful, this is a paranormal mystery novel with heart.”

~ Bracken MacLeod, author of Mountain Home and Stranded

“A great YA story!”

~ John F.D. Taff, author of Little Deaths

“Once people start reading this one, they won't be able to stop. It's like crack, people. Awesome, delicious brain-crack that won't ruin your life.”

~ Books of the Dead Press

“Solid and compelling writing, Kincade's words pack a powerful, gut wrenching punch with each turn of the page.”

~ Frank D. Gross, author of Wolfgang

“A unique voice in fiction […] Weston is brilliant.”

~ Maxine, BookLover CatLady Reviews

“This is a GREAT story!!”

~ The Haunted Reading Room

“A well written story that flows off the page.”

~ Coral Russell, author of Amador Lockdown

“Another awesome book by Weston Kincade – a paranormal coming-of-age mystery page turner. I could not put it down […] I promise you will not be disappointed with this one.”

~ Chantale, Geeky Girl Reviews

“A Life of Death is a completely amazing story. Fans of paranormal mystery and suspense stories should enjoy this book. Definitely give it a read as soon as you can!”

~ K. Sozaeva, Now is Gone

“A Life of Death is my favorite kind of book, characters' emotions are painted in details. It's so vivid and alive I get a sense that Alex, the main character, is a younger version of Weston himself. This book in beautiful in unexpected ways.”

~ Helmy Parlente Kusuma, author of There is Hope

“A Life of Death is quite simply, absolutely superb. I loved this book, it was an emotional and entertaining journey that had me hooked.”

~ David King, An Eclectic Bookshelf

“A very good story.”

~ Kathleen Brown, author of The Personal Justice Series

“The title drew me in and the novel itself is an experience that should not be left unread.”

~ Bruce Blanchard, author of Demon's Daughter

“Mr. Kincade did a wonderful job telling this story. The characters are well developed and easy to relate to. I cannot tell you how much I enjoyed this book.”

~ Christi, Alaskan Book Cafe

What people are saying about Weston Kincade's Priors series:

"This would make one hell of a movie."

~ Bruce Blanchard, author of Demon's Daughter

"Weston Kincade is one of my never-miss authors"

~ The Haunted Reading Room

"The author's ability to craft beautiful worlds and engaging characters is at work in full force."

~ Horror Nerd

"The characterization and description of powers is superb."

~ Scott Rhine, author of Jezebel's Ladder

*NEW RELEASES*:

☞ - To his New Wife - out now!

☞ - The Woman He Married

☞ - Liar Liar (Eva Rae Thomas #19)

Willow Rose is a multi-million-copy best-selling Author and an ALL-star Author of more than 100 novels.

She has sold more than ten million books that are translated into many languages.

Willow's books are fast-paced, nail-biting pageturners with twists you won't see coming.

That's why her fans call her The Queen of Plot Twists.

Willow lives on Florida's Space Coast with her two cats. When she is not writing or reading, you will find her surfing and watching the dolphins play in the waves of the Atlantic Ocean.

BOOKS BY WILLOW ROSE:

PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLERS:

- My Husband's Mistress

- The Woman He Married

- To His New Wife

DETECTIVE BILLIE ANN WILDE SERIES:

- Don't Let Her Go (Billie Ann Wilde #1)

- Then She's Gone (Billie Ann Wilde #2)

- In Her Grave (Billie Ann Wilde #3)

- Find My Girl (Billie Ann Wilde #4)

EVA RAE THOMAS MYSTERY SERIES:

- So We Lie (Eva Rae Thomas prequel)

- Don't Lie To Me (Eva Rae Thomas Mystery Book 1)

- What You Did (Eva Rae Thomas Mystery Book 2)

- Never Ever (Eva Rae Thomas Mystery Book 3)

- Say You Love Me (Eva Rae Thomas Mystery Book 4)

- Let Me Go (Eva Rae Thomas Mystery Book 5)

- It's Not Over (Eva Rae Thomas#6)

- Not Dead Yet (Eva Rae Thomas # 7)

- To Die For (Eva Rae Thomas # 8)

- Such a Good Girl (Eva Rae Thomas#9)

- Little Did She Know (Eva Rae Thomas #10)

- You Better Run (Eva Rae Thomas #11)

- Say it isn't so (Eva Rae Thomas #12)

- Too Pretty To Die (Eva Rae Thomas #13)

- Till Death Do Us Part (Eva Rae Thomas #14)

- Rest In Peace (Eva Rae Thomas #15)

- Dark Little Secrets (Eva Rae Thomas #16)

- Not My Daughter
 (Eva Rae Thomas #17)

- The Girl In The Closet 
(Eva Rae Thomas #18)

- Liar Liar (Eva Rae Thomas # 19)

DETECTIVE HARRY HUNTER MYSTERY SERIES:

- All The Good Girls (Harry Hunter Mystery #1)

- Run Girl Run (Harry Hunter Mystery #2)

- No Other Way (Harry Hunter Mystery #3)

- Never Walk Alone (Harry Hunter#4)

MARY MILLS MYSTERY SERIES:

- What Hurts the Most (Mary Mills Mystery #1)

- You Can Run (Mary Mills Mystery #2)

- You Can't Hide (Mary Mills Mystery #3)

- Careful Little Eyes (Mary Mills Mystery#4)

JACK RYDER MYSTERY SERIES:

- Hit the Road Jack (Jack Ryder #1)

- Slip out the Back Jack (Jack Ryder #2)

- The House That Jack Built (Jack Ryder #3)

- Black Jack (Jack Ryder #4)

- Girl Next Door (Jack Ryder#5)

- Her Final Word (Jack Ryder #6)

- Don't Tell (Jack Ryder#7)

REBEKKA FRANCK MYSTERY SERIES:

- One, two ... He is coming for you (Rebekka Franck #1)

- Three, Four ... Better lock your door (Rebekka Franck #2)

- Five, Six ... Grab your crucifix (Rebekka Franck#3)

- Seven, Eight ... Gonna stay up late (Rebekka Franck #4)

- Nine, Ten ... Never sleep again (Rebekka Franck#5)

- Eleven, Twelve ... Dig and Delve (Rebekka Franck #6)

- Thirteen, Fourteen ... Little Boy Unseen (Rebekka Franck#7)

- Better Not Cry (Rebekka Franck #8)

- Ten Little Girls (Rebekka Franck #9)

- It Ends Here (Rebekka Franck #10)

EMMA FROST MYSTERY SERIES:

- Itsy Bitsy Spider (Emma Frost #1)

- Miss Polly had a Dolly (Emma Frost #2)

- Run Run as Fast as You Can (Emma Frost #3)

- Cross Your Heart and Hope to Die (Emma Frost #4)

- Peek-A-Boo I See You (Emma Frost#5)

- Tweedledum and Tweedledee (Emma Frost#6)

- Easy as One Two Three (Emma Frost#7)

- There's No Place like Home (Emma Frost #8)

- Slenderman (Emma Frost#9)

- Where the Wild Roses Grow (Emma Frost#10)

- Waltzing Matilda (Emma Frost #11)

- Drip Drop Dead (Emma Frost #12)

- Black Frost (Emma Frost #13)

UMBRELLA MAN SERIES:

- Umbrella Man (umbrella man trilogy book 1)

- Blackbird Fly (umbrella man trilogy book 2)

STAND ALONE MYSTERY/THRILLER/HORROR/POST-APOCALYPTIC:

- Sorry Can't Save You

- In Cold Blood

- The Surge

- Girl Divided

- In One Fell Swoop

- To Hell in a Handbasket

- Rock-A-Bye Baby

- Nibble, Nibble, Crunch

- Eenie, Meenie

- Humpty Dumpty

- Edwina

- Chain Letter

- Better Watch Out

- Mommy Dearest

- The Bird

FANTASY/PNR SERIES:

- Flesh and Blood (Vampires of Shadow Hills #1)

- Blood and Fire (Vampires of Shadow Hills #2)

- Fire and Beauty (Vampires of Shadow Hills #3)

- Beauty and Beasts (Vampires of Shadow Hills #4)

- Beasts and Magic (The Vampires of Shadow Hills #5)

- Magic and Witchcraft (The Vampires of Shadow Hills #6)

- Witchcraft and War (The Vampires of Shadow Hills #7)

- War and order (The Vampires of Shadow Hills #8)

- Order and Chaos (The Vampires of Shadow Hills #9)

- Chaos and Courage (The Vampires of Shadow Hills #10)

- Beyond (Afterlife #1)

- Serenity (Afterlife #2)

- Endurance (Afterlife #3)

- Courageous (Afterlife#4)

- Savage (Daughters of the Jaguar #1)

- Broken (Daughters of the Jaguar #2)

- Song for a Gypsy (The Wolfboy Chronicles)

- I am Wolf (The Wolfboy Chronicles)

Amy Cross is the author of more than 200 horror, fantasy and science-fiction novels. Her books include Asylum, The Farm and the Ghosts of Crowford series. Find out more at amycross.com!

Rick Gualtieri lives alone in a dark, evil place called New Jersey with only his wife, kids, and pets to both keep him company and constantly plot against him. When he’s not busy monkey-clicking words, he can typically be found jealously guarding his collection of vintage Transformers from all who would seek to defile them.

A multi-genre author with over four-dozen titles to his name, he doesn’t use Generative AI for any part of his writing process. This is because 1) he believes readers deserve better and 2) he’s seen The Terminator about a hundred and sixty-seven times, so he knows how things end otherwise.

Rick might collect Decepticons, but that doesn’t mean he wants to be one.

Please feel free to connect with him at his website or on any social media where he might be found lurking.

J. C. Michael is an English horror author.

His début novel, Discoredia, was published in September 2013 and re-released in 2018 under the new title - Pandemonium. He has featured in the Double Barrel Horror series from Pint Bottle Press and co-authored the novella, You Only Get One Shot, with Scottish writer Kevin J Kennedy.

A number of his short stories have been published in various anthologies from a variety of publishers, as well as within his collections, Everything’s Annoying, and Old Tales Reborn.

Citing Stephen King, James Herbert, and Clive Barker, as his greatest influences, Michael's work sits firmly within the horror genre.

C.S Anderson has been writing since he could form written words and now has several series available on Amazon. All of them available in Ebook and paperback formats with a growing list available on Audible! Complete list of series as follows-

The Black Irish Chronicles

Black Irish

Irish Lullaby

Irish Car Bomb

In the Country of the Blind

Dark Molly Series

The End of the Beginning

Branded

Blood Bath: The Devil's Dance Floor

Sean Erksteine: Vampire Bartender

The Zombie Extinction Event Trilogy

Suffer the Little Children

Hush

War

The Dabbler Novels

Sin City Succubus

Sin City Angels

The Lana Chaney Diaries

Book One: That Time of the Month

The Destiny Files

Book One: The Blood Rose

Also a few stand alone novels and several anthologies

Andrew Lennon is the bestselling author of Every Twisted Thought and several other horror/thriller books. He has featured in various bestselling anthologies, and is successfully becoming a recognised name in horror and thriller writing.

His work has appeared alongside horror royalty such as Stephen King, Neil Gaiman, Richard Chizmar, Clive Barker, and many more.

Andrew is a happily married man living in the North West of England with his wife Hazel & their children.

For more information please go to www.andrewlennon.co.uk

Israel Finn is an American writer of speculative fiction and the author of Dreaming at the Top of My Lungs. His stories have appeared in various magazines and anthologies and he's a winner of the 80th Annual Writer’s Digest Short Story Competition.

You can find him at https://israelfinn.com/

Lisa Vasquez, (known by her readers and fans as the Unsaintly Queen) creates vivid, twisted horror with the precision of a scalpel, and cuts into the reader's psyche with fleshed out characters. Vasquez is a mentor for the HWA, is head of Stitched Smile Publications, and retired editor-in-chief of the company’s quarterly publication, House of Stitched Magazine.

Vasquez now focuses on her own stories which range from slow and subtle gothic horror, to the more extreme sub-genres of horror. Her writing style has been compared to the works of Mary Shelley, Baz Luhrman, and the Grand Guignol (John Palisano, Bram Stoker-winning author of NERVES), and is hailed as, "A writer of nightmarish vision and a new, poetic voice in today's horror genre" (Peter Molnar, author of THE CLOCKWORK LAZARUS).

A native Chicagoan who spent half her life on the city’s south side, she now lives in Houston, Texas, fighting off mosquitos large enough to carry off small children, and avoiding direct sunlight. The Unsaintly Queen is rumored to only accept offerings of “sparklies.”

Drawn to the monstrous and macabre, Christina Bergling has been weaving nightmares since childhood. Her horror tales slither from post-apocalyptic (Savages, Screechers) to monster (Red Walls) psychological (The Waning) to comedy (The Rest Will Come) to mystery (Followers) and anything in between (various anthologies and zines including The Horror Collection series, 96th of October, Graveyard Girls, Demonic Wildlife).

Bergling is a member of the Horror Writers Association, Denver Horror Collective, and Midnight Monster Club and a dedicated voice in the horror genre. She has been featured on panels at Colorado Festival of Horror. She devours horror in all its forms—movies, books, festivals, conventions, stores, haunted attractions.

By day, she navigates the shadows of the IT world. By night, she turns trauma into art. When she’s not writing, she hikes rugged Colorado trails, dances wildly, and sucks out all the marrow of life with her family.

Veronica Smith is a lover of all things horror. Whether she’s reading, writing, or watching; that’s what you will find her doing when she isn’t at her day job. She treats every day as if it was Halloween and hasn’t yet been fired for decorating her office as if it’s a haunted house. She’s been writing since 2014, when her first short story was published, and works on several projects simultaneously. She lives in Katy with her husband of over thirty years.

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Hidden in a remote location in California lives a man that responds to the name Peter Oliver Wonder. Though little is known about him, several written works that may or may not be fictional have been found featuring a character of the same name.

Devilishly handsome, quick witted, and as charming as an asshole can be, Peter has come a long way since his time in the United States Marine Corps. Making friends wherever he goes, there is never a shortage of adventure when he is around.

The works that have been penned under this name are full of horror, romance, adventure, and comedy just as every life should be. It is assumed that these works are an attempt at a drug fueled autobiography of sorts. Through these texts, we can learn much about this incredible man.

Kevin J. Kennedy is a Scottish horror author known for his fast-paced storytelling, dark humor, and unforgettable characters. He is also the curator of the bestselling The Horror Collection and Classic Monsters anthology series.

When he’s not writing tales of blood-soaked chaos, Kevin champions indie horror, supports fellow authors, and dreams up new ways to keep readers sleeping with the lights on.

Xtina Marie is an Amazon Best-Selling poet, publisher, podcaster, and lifelong lover of horror and dark fiction. Over the past several years, her creative interests have expanded to include romance, leading her to dip her toes into the genre with the same emotional intensity she brings to her poetry. What began as blogging and private poetry evolved into a publishing career, and she is now CEO of HellBound Books Publishing and co-host of The Panic Room Radio Show alongside James H. Longmore.

Her debut poetry collection, Dark Musings, received outstanding reviews and launched a prolific writing journey. She has since authored nine additional poetry collections, including Light Musings, Darkest Sunlight, Without the Confines of My Rhymes, Immortalize Me, Wild, Imperfect & Messy, Where the Dirt Road Leads, From the Passenger Window, and Greatest Hits.

Xtina’s work has appeared in numerous anthologies and publications, including Black Candy: A Halloween Anthology of Horror, Slashing Through the Snow, Depraved Desires: Volume 1, Damsels of Distress, The Horror Zine Magazine, and many others.

She resides in Tennessee with her family, three yappy ankle biters, and two ball pythons.

Rose Garnett is kept too busy to have any hobbies or interests outwith her work as a fully fledged, card carrying, psychic psychopath. Described by Edinburgh's Guardian as a 'necessary virus' for the maintenance of the city’s supernatural defences, her memoirs in Volume Two of the Dead Central series, Dunedin Falls, are due to drop soon.

Volume One, Carnalis was published in 2018 by Permuted Press.

Visit her on Instagram for daily, 'dear diary' video updates.

J. L. Lane is an English author, poet and artist, currently residing in the county of Cheshire. She is best known for her short stories in many horror anthologies, including two in the anthology entitled 'Fifty Shades of Slay' by Alucard Press, and has many more short stories due to be released. She has previous published work in the mythical fantasy genre and has a completed horror novel.

She is active on social media and shares news of her work there.

She is also the Founder of Anthology House Publishing, an up and coming publishing service which serves as a completely free platform for authors and readers alike.

She has enjoyed writing for as long as she can remember. It was a passion she inherited from her father and one she hopes her sons will inherit from her one day. Writing has always been her dream.

You can find her on Twitter at: https://www.twitter.com/J_L_Lane

And she is also on Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/J.L.LaneAuthor/

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Suzanne Fox was born and raised in Staffordshire before moving to the beautiful county of Cornwall in 2006. She combines a career in nursing alongside her passion for writing.

Her first success was when she was a prize-winner in a competition run by a writing magazine. Since then she has turned her hand to writing erotica, before venturing into the horror genre. Suzanne likes to combine the two genres whenever possible. She also tries to include some of her life experiences within her writing, although she would like to make it clear that she has never actually crucified anyone personally.