Born in Texas and currently wandering somewhere in Utah, David Dunwoody writes subversive horror fiction including the EMPIRE series, HELL WALKS and THE 3 EGOS, as well as appearances in numerous anthologies and collections. His work has been published by outfits such as Gallery, Shroud, Dark Regions and Chaosium.

David Boop is a Denver-based speculative fiction author & editor. He’s also an award-winning essayist, and screenwriter. Before turning to fiction, David worked as a DJ, film critic, journalist, and actor. As Editor-in-Chief at IntraDenver.net, David’s team was on the ground at Columbine making them the first internet only newspaper to cover such an event. That year, they won an award for excellence from the Colorado Press Association for their design and coverage.

David’s debut novel, the sci-fi/noir She Murdered Me with Science, returned to print in 2017 from WordFire Press. (Simultaneously, he self-published a prequel novella, A Whisper to a Scheme.) His second novel, The Soul Changers, is a serialized Victorian Horror novel set in Pinnacle Entertainment’s world of Rippers Resurrected. David edited the bestselling weird western anthology, Straight Outta Tombstone, for Baen, and has followed with Straight Outta Deadwood and Straight Outta Dodge City. David is prolific in short fiction with many short stories and two short films to his credit. Additionally, he does a flash fiction mystery series on Gumshoereview.com called The Trace Walker Temporary Mysteries (the first collection is available now.) He’s published across several genres including media tie-ins for Predator (nominated for the 2018 Scribe Award), The Green Hornet, The Black Bat and Veronica Mars.

David works in game design, as well. He’s written for the Savage Worlds RPG for their Flash Gordon (nominated for an Origins Award) and Deadlands: Noir titles. He owns Longshot Productions, a multimedia company specializing in books, games, and short animated videos.

His third go at a “real” degree landed him Summa Cum Laude in the Creative Writing program at UC-Denver. He also is part-time temp worker and believer. His hobbies include film noir, anime, the Blues and Mayan History. You can find out more at Davidboop.com, Facebook.com/dboop.updates or Twitter @david_boop.

Born in Greenwood, South Carolina, Will traces his love of science fiction and horror back to a childhood filled with Space: 1999 reruns, a worn-out copy of Dune, and Heavy Metal magazine. His work has appeared in Nature: Futures, Metastellar, and Tales to Terrify. A good writing day often finds him at any of several favorite overlooks on the Blue Ridge Parkway deeply immersed in works of cosmic horror. Will currently lives with his wife in their recently empty nest in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley.

See more about Larry at www.larrykerrauthor.com

Larry was born and grew up in western Pennsylvania. He graduated from Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania and attended graduate school at Penn State. He worked various jobs before beginning his newspaper career. Larry was a reporter/photographer at two small newspapers in western Pennsylvania prior to taking a position as a copy editor at a newspaper in south central Pennsylvania. He held that job for nearly ten years until moving into web programming. He now works for a state agency serving the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.

Always interested in fiction, Larry began writing in earnest in 2004.

Damnation Books published his first novel, By the Light of the Moon, in March 2011.

His second book is due out in the early fall of 2012. Preliminary title is The Hunley. This Civil War historical fiction book has drama, suspense, action and a love story.

He's had several short stories published since 2010. See them in the anthologies listed here.

He won an honorable mention in the Mechanicsburg, PA, Cloak & Dagger Book Group's mystery short story contest for 2005. He also won an honorable mention

in the 2007 Central PA magazine short story contest.

An avid runner, Larry has been running for more than thirty years. He's run a marathon and in 2007, he participated in the National Senior Games.

He also plays softball and bowls.

He has one son, Randy.

Larry lives in south central Pennsylvania and is single.

Armand Rosamilia is a full-time crime thriller and horror author who loves coffee, bourbon and bourbon-favored coffee.

He's written over 200 stories that are currently available, including crime thrillers, supernatural thrillers, horror, zombies, contemporary fiction, nonfiction and more. His goal is to write a good story and not worry about genre labels.

He also loves to talk in third person... because he's really that cool. Maybe.

Brent Abell lives in Southern Indiana with his wife and Drake, the puggle. He works during the day and then tries to write himself out of the normal day job in the evenings. He enjoys almost anything horror-related. What he loves more than horror is rum, more rum, and beer with a cigar or two thrown in. Brent has stories featured in over 30 publications from multiple presses. His novels include Death Inc., The Eldritch Night, The Calling, Dragonflies, the Southern Devils trilogy, Dying Days: Death Sentence, Dying Days: Zealot, and the story collections Small Town Terrors, Graveside Lullabies, and Wicked Tales for Wicked People. Brent is also a co-author of the Hellmouth trilogy. He is currently working on the multitude of stories swimming around in his skull. You can hang out with him at his blog, "Our Darkest Fears," at brentabell dot com.

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Joe Mynhardt stands as a paragon in the horror literary world, a Bram Stoker Award-winning South African publisher, editor, author, story coach, and mentor with over a decade of experience. As the founder and CEO of Crystal Lake, Joe has transformed a humble 2012 startup into a multifaceted Intellectual Property powerhouse.

Joe is also the author of the Shadows & Ink series, a guide to horror writing and publishing.

Joe’s commitment to nurturing talent and fostering author careers is at the heart of Crystal Lake Publishing’s ethos. His approach is not just about publishing books; it’s about building a community, sharing knowledge, and being a beacon of friendship and guidance in the often-intimidating world of horror writing.

Since leaving his day job in 2016 to focus full-time on his passion, Joe has also excelled as a work-from-home dad, a role he embraced in 2018. His daughter, Cayleigh, named after his childhood influences Bruce Lee and Stan Lee, is a testament to his belief in the power of storytelling across all mediums. Joe’s love for great narratives extends beyond literature, encompassing comics, games, film, and television, with favorites ranging from Poe, Doyle, and Lovecraft to King, Connolly, and Hill.

Joe Mynhardt isn't just a figure in the horror industry—he's a driving force behind it, leading a successful online business that goes beyond the traditional boundaries of publishing. Joe is also the creator and driving force behind The House of Shadows & Ink on YouTube and TikTok.

Jonathan Templar lives in Cheshire. He copes with the constant, constant rainfall by writing in a variety of genres, from horror and fantasy to children's bedtime tales.

Jonathan's recent acclaimed work includes the story 'The Meat Man' in the charity collection 'Horror for Good' and 'Basher' for the shared world anthology 'World's Collider'.

His novella 'The Angel of Shadwell', the first in a series of stories for steam-punk detective Inspector Noridel, is available from Nightscape Press and he has recently published his first collection of short stories, 'The Geometry of Hell'.

Jonathan has an author site with a full bibliography at www.jonathantemplar.com.

Natasha Hanova is an award-winning author of young adult and adult dark fantasy/paranormal fiction. Her debut novel, EDGE OF TRUTH, a young adult paranormal romance/dystopian, is now available.

Matt Moore is a horror and science fiction writer who believes good speculative fiction can both thrill and make you think.

His short fiction, columns and poems have appeared in print, electronic and audio markets including On Spec, AE: The Canadian Science Fiction Review, Eulogies III, Jamais Vu, Leading Edge, Cast Macabre, Torn Realities, and several "Year's Best" anthologies. He's a five-time Aurora Award finalist, Friends of the Merrill finalist, frequent panelist and presenter, and Co-Chair of the Ottawa Chiaroscuro Reading Series.

Raised in small-town New England, a place rich with legends and ghost stories, he lives in Ottawa, Ontario.

Find more at mattmoorewrites.com.

Rich Orth...Poet for many years...works can be found in the Zombie compilations, Undead Tales & Undead Tales 2...also wrote lyrics to Cemetery Girl on the new Demonboy CD Dawn of Demon and has 4 songs on the bands upcoming CD, including This Halloween & Zombie Dance. Won a contest and now has his poem, My Night as Poe walled up in the Poe Cottage in the Bronx NY! Also has poetry featured in the anthologies, in both 21st Century Photography Vol. 3 & Vol.4. Also 5 featured poems in The Art of Darkness! Finally, for now... contributing write to AEA, https://www.facebook.com/aea.zine?fref=ts ! Wife: Lora, Brat: Cait, Husky: Sobe, Shepherd: Ligeia ! https://www.facebook.com/richorth https://www.facebook.com/groups/109463050123/?ref=ts&fref=ts https://www.facebook.com/orth.chroniclespoetry

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Award-winning writer and editor Kris Ashton has published four novels, nearly fifty short stories, and numerous essays and reviews. His work has appeared in Aurealis, Midnight Echo, Andromeda Spaceways and many international titles, including The Fiction Desk. Graduating with a Bachelor of Arts from Western Sydney University in 1997, he has had a 25-year career as a journalist and is currently editor of Open Road, one of the most widely-read magazines in Australia. He lives in the wilds of western Sydney with his wife, two children, and a crippling mortgage. Find him on Insta, X, FB and TikTok or his website.