Jay Caselberg was born in a country town in Australia and then traveled extensively while growing up and later for his dayjob. He writes across many genres, both at short story and novel length, crossing the boundaries of Science Fiction, Fantasy, Mystery, and the Literary, generally with a dark edge. He is currently based in Germany. You can find him at http://www.caselberg.net and on Facebook

Randee Dawn is the bestselling author of the pop culture fantasy novel Tune in Tomorrow and its Tune-iverse follow-up We Interrupt This Program. She's also the author of the dark Celtic musical fantasies The Only Song Worth Singing and Leave No Trace. Her short fiction has appeared in numerous anthologies, including most recently Dark Spores: Stories We Tell After Midnight. She is the co-author of The Law & Order: SVU Unofficial Companion.

Nicole Givens Kurtz has been called “a genre polymath who does crime, horror, and Science Fiction and Fantasy (Book Riot).” They’ve named her as one of the 6 Black SFF Indie Writers You Should be Reading, 30 Must-Read SFF Books by Black Authors, and The Best of the West: 8 Alternative History Westerns (Sisters of the Wild Sage). She’s a two-time Atomacon Palmetto Scribe Award winner. With over 20 years in publishing, She’s written for Pseudopod, Apex, Fiyah, White Wolf, The Realm, Baen, Subsume, and MV Media. Nicole has over 50 published short stories, including her story, “The Way Home,” in Marvel®’s Captain America: The Shield of Sam Wilson anthology from Titan Books. Nicole is the author of the Cybil Lewis and Death Violations cybernoir series as well as the Kingdom of Aves fantasy mystery series.

She has conducted workshops for Writer’s Digest Online, Clarion West online, SAGA, and is the owner of Mocha Memoirs Press. She’s the editor for the groundbreaking SLAY: Stories of the Vampire Noire and co-editor of Blackened Roots: An Anthology of the Undead anthology. Nicole is professional level member of SFWA and HWA.

"At his best Jeffreys writes memorable, perturbating prose with an overwhelming sense of menace. The stories stay with the reader, touching something in the psyche that is both troubling and intriguing." Bristol Review of Books.

"I've never before encountered a new author (new to me, in any event) whose work...grabs me so significantly from page one. When on his top form as demonstrated here...(Tim Jeffreys)...has the precious ability to grapple, I sincerely believe, with a writing gear in the horror or weird fiction genre beyond the reach of most."

D.F. Lewis.

http://timjeffreys.blogspot.co.uk/

C. Patrick Neagle was born in a small town in Northern Missouri. As an undergraduate, he studied Criminal Justice and Photography at Truman State University in Kirksville, Missouri. Later, he received an MA in English from Missouri State University in Springfield. He has written over 300 essays on a variety of subjects (travel, humor, observations, and all of the above) that are currently being collected in his "Essays in Travel and Humor" series. He also writes a variety of fiction, including contemporary, absurdist, science fiction and fantasy, and horror; has written a monthly serialized parody for the stage back in Springfield, Missouri; and is the writer of the Adventures of Lady Starr audio drama. His is also the producer, director, and host of the actual play audio drama The Gothic Podcast, currently in its sixth season. He has lived in Mexico, Sardinia, Alaska, and New Orleans. Currently, he calls the Portland, Oregon, area home.

Rachel A. Brune graduated from the NYU Tisch School of the Arts in May 2000 and was immediately plunged into the low-stakes world of entry-level executive assistant-ship. After the events of September 11, 2001, she joined the Army Reserve and got her first writing gig.

Rachel served five years on as a combat journalist, including two tours in Iraq, and a brief stint as a columnist for her hometown newspaper. After her second tour, she attended graduate school at the University at Albany in NY, where she earned her MA in Political Communication, and her commission as a second lieutenant in the military police corps. She returned to the Army Reserve in November 2014 and continued to serve until retiring in 2023.

When she moved on, she didn’t quit writing stories with soldiers in them, just added werewolves, sorcerers, a couple evil mad scientists, and a Fae or two. In addition to writing, she is the founder and chief editor at Crone Girls Press, an indie horror micropress specializing in anthologies. She also edits the Falstaff Dread line of horror fiction at Falstaff Books, a Charlotte, NC-based regional indie press.

Previously, Rachel was a contributing editor to the Writerpunk Press anthology series, which benefits the PAWS no-kill animal shelter in Lynnwood, WA. She lives with her spouse, two daughters, one reticent cat, and two flatulent rescue dogs. Her werewolf secret agent novel, Cold Run, was published in 2022 by Falstaff Books. She holds two additional graduate degrees, a Masters of Criminal Justice and an MFA in Creative Writing.

With a first class degree in Physics from Oxford, Liam is an award-winning speculative short story writer, appearing in over 200 anthologies including Best of British Science Fiction and Best of British Fantasy (Newcon Press).

His retro sci-fi collection, "A Short History of the Future", is published by Northodox Press (2025).

His twisted fantasy collection, "Happy Ending NOT Guaranteed", is published by Arachne Press (2017).

Pedro Iniguez is a Mexican-American Bram Stoker, Elgin, and Dwarf Stars Award-winning science-fiction and horror writer from Los Angeles. He has also been a Rhysling finalist and Puschart Prize and Best of the Net nominee.

He is the author of MEXICANS ON THE MOON: SPECULATIVE POETRY FROM A POSSIBLE FUTURE, FEVER DREAMS OF A PARASITE, ECHOES AND EMBERS: SPECULATIVE STORIES, SYNTHETIC DAWNS & CRIMSON DUSKS, and the SF novel CONTROL THEORY.

His fiction and poetry has also appeared in Nightmare Magazine, Never Wake: An Anthology of Dream Horror, Shadows Over Main Street Volume 3, Qualia Nous Vol. 2, Latin American Shared Stories, Beyond the Bounds of Infinity, Of Shadows, Stars, and Sabers, Dark Spores, A Night of Screams: Latino Horror Stories, Speculative Fiction for Dreamers, Worlds of Possibility, Infinite Constellations, Tiny Nightmares, Apex Magazine, Shortwave Magazine, Star*Line, Eye to the Telescope, Space and Time Magazine, and Savage Realms Monthly, among others.

Apart from leading writing workshops and speaking at several colleges, he has also been a sensitivity reader and has ghostwritten for award-winning apps and online clients. His debut picture book, THE FIB (Gloo Books), is now available. He is repped by Peter Steinberg at UTA.

David J. Thirteen (he/him) is a writer of horror and other dark fiction. His serialized novels on Wattpad have received over a million reads and led to the publication of both his novel, MR. 8, and the novella, THE GARRISON PROJECT. His short fiction has been featured in Lamplight Magazine, Seize the Press Magazine, The Other Stories Podcast, and several anthologies. You can find out more at DavidJThirteen.com.

Marlaina Cockcroft (she/her) is an author, journalist, and editor who lives in New Jersey. She frequently draws on Jewish folklore in her fantasy stories. Her fiction can be found in magazines such as Factor Four, Daily Science Fiction, Mythic, and upcoming in Dark Matter Magazine, as well as in anthologies like “Strange Fire: Jewish Voices from the Pandemic,” “Stories We Tell After Midnight, Volume Three,” “Dark Cheer: Cryptids Emerging, Volume Silver,” and the upcoming “Summer of Sci-fi & Fantasy: Volume Two.” In man vs. monster stories, she’s been known to side with the monster.

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