Adam Smith (16 June 1723 NS (5 June 1723 OS) – 17 July 1790) was a Scottish moral philosopher, pioneer of political economy, and a key figure in the Scottish Enlightenment.

Smith is best known for two classic works: The Theory of Moral Sentiments (1759), and An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations (1776). The latter, usually abbreviated as The Wealth of Nations, is considered his magnum opus and the first modern work of economics. Smith is cited as the father of modern economics and is still among the most influential thinkers in the field of economics today.

Smith studied social philosophy at the University of Glasgow and at Balliol College, Oxford, where he was one of the first students to benefit from scholarships set up by fellow Scot, John Snell. After graduating, he delivered a successful series of public lectures at Edinburgh, leading him to collaborate with David Hume during the Scottish Enlightenment. Smith obtained a professorship at Glasgow teaching moral philosophy, and during this time he wrote and published The Theory of Moral Sentiments. In his later life, he took a tutoring position that allowed him to travel throughout Europe, where he met other intellectual leaders of his day.

Smith laid the foundations of classical free market economic theory. The Wealth of Nations was a precursor to the modern academic discipline of economics. In this and other works, he expounded upon how rational self-interest and competition can lead to economic prosperity. Smith was controversial in his own day and his general approach and writing style were often satirised by Tory writers in the moralising tradition of William Hogarth and Jonathan Swift. In 2005, The Wealth of Nations was named among the 100 Best Scottish Books of all time. The minor planet 12838 Adamsmith was named in his memory.

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Brian Barnett lives in Kentucky. He has been published in dozens of anthologies and magazines including SciFaikuest, Jasper’s Folly, and Three Line Poetry.

I left school with a certificate in shorthand typing in my pocket and the intention of working my way round the world. I got no further than France, where I settled in the Dreyeckland, the "three cornered land" where France meets Switzerland and Germany..

Enchantment in Morocco is set in the magical land of Morocco, a melting pot of modernity and centuries-old tradition. The Rescued Heart is set against the background of the annual Basel Art Fair. A Shackled Inheritance was inspired by the true story of a 200-year old will.

Katie Young is a writer of dark fiction. Her work appears in various anthologies including collections by Scott J. Moses, Nyx Publishing, Ghost Orchid Press, and Fox Spirit Books, and her story, Lavender Tea, was selected by Zoe Gilbert for inclusion in the Mechanic Institute Review’s Summer Folk Festival 2019. She lives in West London with her partner, an angry cat, and too many books.

Born and raised in California, Judy now lives in Arizona with her husband and her Giant Schnoodle. Judy writes with dyslexia and a chronic illness & is living with stage 4 cancer. She writes mostly fantasy as well as suspense, scifi, women's fiction, and poetry. She has written books and short stories for all ages.

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C.R. Langille spent many a Saturday afternoon watching monster movies with her mom. It wasn't long before she started crafting nightmares to share with her readers. She is a retired, disabled veteran with a deep love for weird and creepy tales. This prompted her to form Timber Ghost Press in January of 2021. She is an affiliate member of the Horror Writers Association, the DEI Chair for the League of Utah Writers, and she received her MFA: Writing Popular Fiction from Seton Hill University in 2014.

Ok so I'm supposed to use this spot to tell people about me... who I am, what I enjoy writing, interesting tidbits or anecdotes about me or my life.

The fact of the matter is I'm just an average guy. I have no real interesting tidbits to share. I enjoy telling stories, verbally or in print, and the best part is the reaction I get at the end. I hope you read what I write. I hope you enjoy it. I hope you have a reaction to it. If not, I have other stories, other rants and raves, other jokes. Keep coming back. I'll keep trying.

Verity Holloway writes speculative fiction and historical non-fiction. Born in Gibraltar in 1986, she holds an MA in Literature from Cambridge’s Anglia Ruskin University, focusing on the poems of Dante Gabriel Rossetti. Her fiction is inspired by all things medical, historical, and religious, with a magical realist bent. Find her at verityholloway.com.

Caitlin Marceau is a queer author and lecturer based in Montreal. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Creative Writing, is an Active Member of the Horror Writers Association, and has spoken about genre literature at several Canadian conventions. She spends most of her time writing horror and experimental fiction, but has also been published for poetry as well as creative non-fiction. Her work includes PALIMPSEST, MAGNUM OPUS, A BLACKNESS ABSOLUTE, and her debut novella, THIS IS WHERE WE TALK THINGS OUT. Her second novella, I'M HAVING REGRETS, and her debut novel, IT WASN'T SUPPOSED TO GO LIKE THIS, are set for publication in 2023. For more, visit CaitlinMarceau.ca or find her on social media.

Sara Crocoll Smith (she/her) is the author of the ghostly gothic horror series Hopeful Horror. She’s also the award-winning editor of the Love Letters to Poe anthologies.

Smith is a screenwriter and producer for “The Strangle of Ivy,” a short film adapted from Smith’s gothic horror story of the same name.

Smith enjoys exploring the depths of the human psyche in her stories. She’s drawn to horror that serves as a catharsis, facing and overcoming the Big Bad. She experiments with horror that is not confined to darkness, and you can often find sunlight and nature in her rich, atmospheric works.

For an exclusive morsel of ghosts and daylight horror, visit SaraCrocollSmith.com/Ivy to get the free short story "The Strangle of Ivy."

Eddie D. Moore travels hundreds of hours a year, and he fills that time by listening to audiobooks. When he isn’t playing with his grandchildren, he writes his own stories. His stories have been published by Kzine, Alien Dimensions, Black Hare Press, Nomadic Delirium Press, Fantasia Divinity Publishing and by dozens of online publishers. You can find a list of his publications on his blog, eddiedmoore.wordpress.com. Be sure to pick up a copy of his mini-anthology Misfits & Oddities.

Mara Lynn Johnstone grew up in a house on a hill, of which the top floor was built first. She split her time between climbing trees, drawing fantastical things, reading books, and writing her own. There may have been an imaginary friend or ten. She went on to gain a Master's Degree in creative writing, a husband, a son, and two laptop-loving cats. She enjoys writing, drawing, and spending hours discussing made-up things. See more at MaraLynnJohnstone.com

Hey, I've always wanted to be a writer. Growing up I would write short stories, poems, ideas for books, unfinished books and everything else. This is my attempt to make a life long dream come through.

I love writing all different styles, few different ideas I'm working on fall under, Horror, Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Adventure.

Thanks for stopping by.

I'm a UK-based author currently lurking around the streets of Cardiff. I enjoy scaring people just as much as I enjoy making them laugh, so I try to get both into my work. I'm a horror movie nerd, a dungeon master, a comic book obsessive and a cryptid enthusiast. I like strong beer and smooth whiskey - please bear this in mind when making your offerings. HWA member.

Here are some words of wisdom that my mother shared with me when I was growing up:

1. The currents in rivers are just the same as the currents in buns. You can purchase some if you have a current account.

2. If you unscrew your belly-button, your bum will fall off.

3. You can do a passable impersonation of an elephant by waving your arm about in front of your face and shouting "Give us a bun! Give us a bun!"

I hope you find them as useful as I did.

Find me on Twitter @HorlockWarlock

Tim is an Associate Member of both the SFWA and the HWA. He has sold genre short stories to publications across the US, UK, and Canada. His work has been published by the British Science Fiction Association (BSFA). His story "Face Thieves" took first place in Page Turner Magazine's 2021 flash fiction contest. He is an amateur juggler.

Keith Anthony Baird is the author of The Jesus Man: A Post-Apocalyptic Tale of Horror (Novel), Nexilexicon (Novel), And a Dark Horse Dreamt of Nightmares (Book of Shorts), This Will Break Every Bone In Your Heart (Novelette) and Snake Charmer Blues (Short) A Seed in a Soil of Sorrow (Short) and the anthology Diabolica Britannica. His works can be found on Amazon and Audible. He is currently working on a dystopian novella titled SIN:THETICA, a post-apocalyptic novel titled Wind Rust.

When not at his desk writing, you might find him up a mountain, snorkeling on a coral reef, or having adventures. Failing that, it's a good bet he'll be on Twitter.

Alyson was spent her adolescent years in the southwest of the United States, going to high school in Arizona.

She moved to Maryland where she got married, had her only daughter, and began her writing journey.

When not writing she enjoys watching movies, reading, and playing games.

Sue Marie St. Lee writes tales that challenge your imagination and poems that touch your heart — one way or another. She has featured in several international horror anthologies including Black Hare Press releases. Her poems and prose can be found on Spillwords Press. A short fantasy tale, Unseen Magic, appears on The Paper Djinn. Her most recent work, Rhapsodie de Claire, appears in an anthology inspired by Edgar Allan Poe and is available on Amazon.

Aaron E Lee graduated from The University of Oklahoma with a bachelor's degree in English Literature. He loves writing horror, science fiction, fantasy, and comedy. His short story Spades, Hearts, Clubs, Diamonds and Mr. Bains won 1st place in the Oklahoma Writing Project, 2002.

SJ Townend writes contemporary romance, horror, sci-fi, speculative and dark fiction. Her first romance novel, PICK-UP LINES, will be published via Champagne Book Group early 2023 and her debut horror collection, SICK GIRL SCREAMS, will be published by Brigids Gate Press end of 2023. She has short stories published with Ghost Orchid Press, Dark Matter Magazine, and Brigids Gate Press and a handful of other awesome indie presses.

She won the Secret Attic short story contest (2020) for her story, 'We Still Don't Use the Garage' and the Tortive Literature story contest (2021) for her short story, 'Joy'.

She was long-listed for a non-fiction contest run by Women On Writing in 2020 for a piece about losing her mother to cancer, entitled 'Blood Moon'.

SJ was also shortlisted for the HG Wells Story Contest (2021) for her short piece of post-apocalyptic eco-horror, 'The Beauty Parlour'.

Twitter: @SJTownend

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Rob D. Smith is an editor for Rock and a Hard Place Press. His work has appeared in Apex Magazine, Shotgun Honey, The Arcanist, Pyre Magazine, Thriller Magazine, Bristol Noir, Rock and a Hard Place Magazine, and Tough, plus several other crime, horror, and speculative print and online publications. He is a common man attempting to write uncommon fiction out of Louisville, KY. Find more about him at https://robdsmith.carrd.co/

Short story writer, currently has work published in five anthologies.

A full-time denizen of England's rural northwest, Craig is a published short story writer who mainly works with fantasy and science fiction, though is also happy having a pop with most other genres.

Craig's main inspiration for writing is the great Sir Terry Pratchett, after reading Only You Can Save Mankind after borrowing it from the local library as a kid. He can also cite Bernard Cornwell and Sergei Lukyanenko as inspirations.

K Van Dam hails from England and Las Vegas and presently calls Washington her home. This far-ranging combination of formative locations makes her very proper, occasionally scandalous, and extremely emo. When she's not writing about aliens, she's writing about hackers or elves, most often in the Adult category. As a poet, her work has been featured in the Latino Book Review. As a comic writer and illustrator her work has been published in Puerto Rico Strong, Proud: a LGBTQ+ YA Anthology, and Oath Anthology.

Kyle was born in Missouri but doesn’t remember it. He grew up in Texas and bounced around a bit before ending up back there, for better or worse. He spends his days hanging out with his daughter, Harper, reading and writing, playing video games, and obsessively listening to death metal (send some recommendations his way!). He has been writing most of his life, but only started submitting works in 2017.

He's been published by The Arcanist, Elegant Literature Magazine, Crystal Lake Publishing, Bag of Bones Press, and Black Hare Press. He's also had works appear on The Other Stories horror podcast, and A Fistful of Demons, an anthology of the Weird West.

He’s very excited to see where this writing journey takes him but probably plays too much Smash Bros to do it full-time. He's always changing his main, like a dumbass.

Check out his link tree: https://linktr.ee/kyledoeswords

Alyson Hasson grew up in New Brunswick, Canada, where she obtained a love for nature-based horror. Her interest in horror movies, combined with her background in biology, spurred a curiosity that drove her to write. She currently spends her days analyzing sales data and her nights conjuring new monsters.

Mo Moshaty is an Afro-Latina screenwriter, author, and producer. Raised within the clash of her mother's Yaqui heritage and her father's strict Southern Baptist upbringing, Mo's work contains worlds in which characters of color strive for identity, sentiment, and belonging within the comedy, horror, and sci-fi genres.

Co-producer and member of Nyx Horror Collective, she’s partnered with Stowe Story Labs to provide a fellowship for women genre writers over 40 and has also partnered with horror streaming giant, Shudder Channel, to co-produce the 13 Minutes of Horror Film Festival 2021 and 2022.

Still engaging with her first love, short horror literature, her work can be found in "A Quaint and Curious Volume of Gothic Tales", by Brigid's Gate Press and "206 Word Stories" by Bag O' Bones Press. "Love the Sinner", a psychological horror collection of short stories will be released by Brigids Gate Press in July 2023 as well as "Clairviolence: Tales of Tarot and Torment Vol 1 & 2" by Mourning Manor Press in 2024.

Mo has lectured on Trauma in Cinema with Prairie View A&M Film & TV Program, Horror Studies BAFSS Sig, and the University of Sheffield in the UK.

Sara Dobbie is a Canadian writer from Southern Ontario. Her short stories and flash fiction have appeared in various online journals and in print around the world. Her work has been nominated for Best of the Net, Best Small Fictions, and longlisted for the Wigleaf Top 50. Her debut story collection "Flight Instinct" is available from ELJ Editions, and her fiction chapbook "Static Disruption" is available from Alien Buddha Press. Sara is an avid photographer and her pictures have been featured in poetry zines and literary magazines. "Faces and Figures: A Photography Collection" is a collaboration with Holly Rae Garcia, and is available on Amazon. Find Sara on Twitter at @sbdobbie and on Instagram at @sbdobwrites.

José Raposo Santos is an author of strange stories. Hailing from Portugal his work has been feature don multiple anthologies such as Archive of the Odd, Boreal: A Taiga Biome Anthology, and many others.

Amanda Duncil is a Louisiana-based writer who likes horror, fountain pens, and magical girls. Her stories have been published in several places online as well as a handful of print anthologies.

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T. K. Howell lives on the banks of the Thames and when not writing, he manages ancient oak woodlands and tends to trees that are older than most countries. His writing is often inspired by mythology and folklore.

Jeanne E. Bush is a writer of fiction and poetry who lives on the west coast with her family. You can follow her on Twitter @jeannelene.

Brianna Malotke is a freelance writer and member of the Horror Writers Association. Ever since she learned to read, she’s loved reading and writing. She currently lives with her husband, dog, and two cats in a non-haunted house full of overflowing bookshelves.

While most of her work is within the realms of horror and nightmares, she enjoys writing love poems and drabbles. She has poetry in The Spectre Review and The Nottingham Horror Collective. You can find more of her horror work in the anthologies Beautiful Tragedies 2, The Dire Circle, Under Her Skin, Their Ghoulish Reputation, and Out of Time.

As far as love and romance goes, she has numerous pieces in the anthologies Worlds Apart, Out of Time, and At First Glance by Dark Rose Press. Along with these, you can find more of her poetry in the anthologies Balm, Tempest, and Cherish by Ravens Quoth Press.

Maxwell Marais is an award-winning author and illustrator of all things horror living in Montreal, Canada. When they aren’t frantically scrawling down the weird fiction and horror that crawls out of their brain, they can be found attempting to summon (with limited success) horrible abominations from beyond our world. Their works have been featured in such publications as ParSec Magazine, Cosmic Horror Monthly, and Crystal Lake.